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Title: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 28, 2024, 12:11:21 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were not Hitchcockian nor thrilling, and now it is time for you to post until the Hitchcockian cows come home.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 28, 2024, 12:11:35 AM
And the word of the day is: EFFORTLESS!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 01:26:24 AM
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Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 02:46:24 AM
Corn puddin'.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 02:46:31 AM
Good morning, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 02:46:53 AM
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Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 02:47:23 AM
What's the difference between a beef burger and a hamburger?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 03:41:09 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 03:43:18 AM
I am up early today because this could be a bit of a crazy four-day week with various things going on.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 03:44:55 AM
I might get a call from the contractor about the next phase of work on the house, and I have plenty of things to get done here anyway.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 03:50:03 AM
Tonight, a movie:  Fail Safe at the Bedford Playhouse.

Which reminds me - all of a sudden it’s this coming weekend that we see the Todd-AO Oklahoma! there as well. It still feels like that should be another month away somehow. But the time, she flies, you know…and we’re rapidly approaching Leslie Uggams month.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 04:22:04 AM
You know what else is not a Hitchcockian thriller (though it is described as such)?

Stranger By the Lake
(2013), a French film from France.

Lots of graphic gay sex and an ambiguous ending.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 28, 2024, 04:37:41 AM
Happy Monday Tuesday, all!

I hope everyone had a pleasant, but reflective, Memorial Day!

Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: elmore3003 on May 28, 2024, 04:49:56 AM
Good morning, all!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: elmore3003 on May 28, 2024, 04:52:02 AM
I really screwed up today. I have my lab work this morning for next week's doctor checkup. I cannot eat anything before the lab.
When the lab was part of my HMO, I would schedule it for 8:30, get in, get home, clean up the kitty dishes and have breakfast. Now, however . . .
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: elmore3003 on May 28, 2024, 04:55:27 AM
my HMO dropped the lab, and I have to go to Quest Diagnostics, and I really dislike the office at 86th Street because trying to deal with its doors and buzzers with a walker is ridiculous. I'm trying a new location today to see if it's any better.

My big mistake: scheduling too late in the morning because I also must deal with Access-a-Ride to get there. Damn.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: elmore3003 on May 28, 2024, 04:56:10 AM
So, I figure by the time I leave the lab, I will be faint from hunger.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: elmore3003 on May 28, 2024, 05:05:11 AM
TOD
I've got two good Mexican places around me. There were three until the pandemic shut down my beloved Cafe Frida. I do miss it.
My two current choices are Nina's Great Burrito Bar - http://ninasgreatburritobar.com
El Mitote - https://www.elmitoteny.com

Nina's has wonderful burritos and tacos; El Mitote has the best guacamole since Cafe Frida folded, and I love their chicken enchiladas.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 05:08:07 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 05:13:15 AM
TOD 1: Huachinango is a favorite. Red snapper in a sauce with plenty of butter, olives, capers and more.

https://www.food.com/amp/recipe/red-snapper-huachinango-in-veracruz-sauce-344871
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 05:15:17 AM
Tlayudas with shredded chicken can be wonderful.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 05:16:17 AM
Carnitas tacos can’t be beat.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 05:16:55 AM
I’m also partial to a pork chop taco in a hot corn tortilla.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 05:17:32 AM
Corn in cup is a simple street food dish I make at home.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 05:18:32 AM
Anything with a salsa verde or tomatillo sauce, especially when I make it myself.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 05:20:18 AM
My homemade quesadillas with guacamole and salsa is probably as close to Mexican cooking as I come.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 05:20:23 AM
Enchiladas divorciadas has two different sauces, red and green, to add color to your plate.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 05:20:48 AM
My homemade quesadillas with guacamole and salsa is probably as close to Mexican cooking as I come.

I’d eat them.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 05:21:13 AM
I had enchiladas once, at a HHW gathering. They were good, as I recall, but I never had the urge to revisit the experience.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 05:21:44 AM
A really rich chile colorado sauce over anything is also great.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 05:22:03 AM
Two!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 05:23:17 AM
Vixdad likes chipotle but they put that awful ciltrano in everything so I can’t eat there.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 05:23:28 AM
I like Taco Bell
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 05:23:29 AM
I love Mexican breakfast dishes, like huevos rancheros, breakfast tacos and an egg-filled chile relleno.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 05:23:55 AM
I can feel real Mexican food eaters cringing
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 05:27:12 AM
There used to be a Mexican restaurant not far from here, part of a chain, I believe, called El Torito that had wonderful steak and chicken fajitas.  But they went out of business about 35 years ago and the restaurant became an Olive Garden .
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 05:27:28 AM
I guess I’m going to try and go to work
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 05:29:05 AM


After spending my three day holiday weekend, which was, BTW, gloriously sunny and warm, coughing up a lung.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 05:29:41 AM
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Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 05:35:24 AM
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Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Freddie on May 28, 2024, 05:53:52 AM
Hoping you'll have a better day today, vixmom!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Freddie on May 28, 2024, 05:55:51 AM
George, last night you wrote about Big Macs "I figured a way to reheat it so that it turns out really nice."

Any chance you're willing to give details?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: elmore3003 on May 28, 2024, 06:18:10 AM
I had enchiladas once, at a HHW gathering. They were good, as I recall, but I never had the urge to revisit the experience.

That was after we saw Desperate Measures! It was quite a crowd.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 06:19:22 AM
I had enchiladas once, at a HHW gathering. They were good, as I recall, but I never had the urge to revisit the experience.

That was after we saw Desperate Measures! It was quite a crowd.

Yes! And whatever I had was great. Which place was that, DR Elmore?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 06:30:43 AM
There used to be a Mexican restaurant not far from here, part of a chain, I believe, called El Torito that had wonderful steak and chicken fajitas.  But they went out of business about 35 years ago and the restaurant became an Olive Garden .

That's an interesting tidbit to me, because I knew El Torito in California. It was kind of a staple there among friends and/or co-workers, but I can't remember for the life of me where it was located. When I moved down to Redondo Beach there was one at the Pier, and it's still there, but I must have known one somewhere around Beverly Hills or maybe Marina del Rey. I see there's one at the Marina now, but it's not in a location that rings a bell.

Anyhoo...I'd always figured it was only a Southern California chain, and maybe it mostly was, but when I moved east in 1989, what did I find right here in Danbury but an El Torito? It was just like the CA ones, and a nice comfortable place, and I was sad when it and its neighbors got completely razed for a business park. And now it is revealed that vixmom had one in Lawn Guyland as well. I wonder how those east coast ones came about, and why they completely disappeared.

It's not that El Torito is a primo Mexican restaurant, by any means. It's probably quite average as those things go, but I'm going on 30-year-old memories. It apparently is thriving in California as we speak, with some 69 locations.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jrand74 on May 28, 2024, 06:55:22 AM
Congrats to DR singdaw on his millstone.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jrand74 on May 28, 2024, 06:55:44 AM
Glad to hear that DR VIXMOM and DR GINNY & RIChARD are feeling better.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jrand74 on May 28, 2024, 06:56:25 AM
Some Sherman songs I forgot to mention:

Ten Feet Off The Ground
Keep Your Guard Up
West O' the Wide Missouri
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jrand74 on May 28, 2024, 06:57:03 AM
Act One went okay last night - and then Act Two happened.....slowed to a crawl and lay there like a catfish on the pier......
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 07:00:39 AM
Too many Mexican food memories to try to dredge up, but here are a few random ones:

One of the first "good" sit-down Mexican meals I ever had was at a restaurant called Villa Taxco, on Sunset - I think it was between Highland and La Brea, near the IHOP. Not to be confused with Gardens of Taxco just off Santa Monica in West Hollywood, a more eccentric but extremely popular independent place.

Some of the best I had was off a food truck in the industrial section of L.A. when I'd visit a plant we represented. This was way before food trucks became the THING they are now, when they existed to serve workers where there weren't a lot of food places around. This was akin to some of the great street tacos and the like in Mexico itself.

Likewise, other places with the best food were invariably the mom-and-pop joints that were literally everywhere in L.A.

I always think of quesadillas at Oblath's (across from Paramount) which I discovered while walking around when seeing films at the Encore Theater on Melrose. It was the first place I had quesadillas with corn tortillas instead of flour. (Quesadillas and good nachos - real ones, not what people nowadays have been trained to think are nachos - were always favorites, and I'd often make a meal of either or both.)

Another favorite was El Carmen on W. 3rd St. in L.A. I believe it's still there, at least in name. For us in the 1970s and 1980s it was a plain but familiar and affordable Mexican food paradise. Just one in a million hole-in-the-wall jernts, always bustling, always immensely satisfying.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Ginny on May 28, 2024, 07:01:23 AM
Tuesday morning greetings!

I had enchiladas once, at a HHW gathering. They were good, as I recall, but I never had the urge to revisit the experience.

That was after we saw Desperate Measures! It was quite a crowd.

Yes! And whatever I had was great. Which place was that, DR Elmore?

I’m not DR Elmore and I can’t remember the name of the restaurant, but I can tell you it was July of 2018 - the last time Richard and I were in New York  :-\
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 07:06:34 AM
Tuesday morning greetings!

I had enchiladas once, at a HHW gathering. They were good, as I recall, but I never had the urge to revisit the experience.

That was after we saw Desperate Measures! It was quite a crowd.

Yes! And whatever I had was great. Which place was that, DR Elmore?

I’m not DR Elmore and I can’t remember the name of the restaurant, but I can tell you it was July of 2018 - the last time Richard and I were in New York  :-\

Damn. It's been that long??

I remember running into Robin de Jesus on Eighth Ave. on the way to meet y'all at the theeders, and him telling me I'd better get my ASS to Boys in the Band before it closed. (Which I did.)
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Post by: KevinH on May 28, 2024, 07:10:48 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: KevinH on May 28, 2024, 07:11:01 AM
Wordle:  No luck today!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 28, 2024, 07:16:16 AM
I'm up, I'm up - four hours of sleep - got up at five-thirty.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 28, 2024, 07:16:35 AM
Gardens of Taxco was a favorite of my father.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 28, 2024, 07:17:18 AM
El Carmen was a favorite of cousin Dee Dee but unfortunately I had a bum meal there and have never been back.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 28, 2024, 07:18:12 AM
Our local Mexican restaurant, very traditional, when I was growing up was great - Casa Cienega. I can still taste their fresh corn tortillas.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 07:37:20 AM
The couple of times I got really sick after a meal somewhere, it took me YEARS to go back, either to the restaurant where it happened or to the dish itself if it wasn't at a restaurant.

First time was from a cherry pie. I'm sure it wasn't the pie, which a neighbor had baked, but just whatever was going on with my 7- or 8-year-old digestive system that evening. But I couldn't stand the thought of cherry pie till a decade later when I took the plunge and had a great one, and I wondered how I could ever have lived without it.

Another time was after eating some kind of barbecue dish at a restaurant in Cleveland. In the middle of the night I more or less exploded - from both ends, to be sure, in case you were wondering - and I couldn't go near that place OR a barbecue dish after that. (Fortunately, I did get over the barbecue issue, and whatever the weird dish was, it wasn't what we know to be real barbecue anyway.)
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Ginny on May 28, 2024, 07:56:24 AM
My first, and all-time favorite, Mexican restaurant was El Nibble Nook in the near-west ‘burbs of Detroit.  Went there with my high school Spanish club, then on my own until I moved away.  To my delight, I’ve discovered this morning that they’re still in business and now have 2 locations.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: elmore3003 on May 28, 2024, 08:34:30 AM
I had enchiladas once, at a HHW gathering. They were good, as I recall, but I never had the urge to revisit the experience.

That was after we saw Desperate Measures! It was quite a crowd.

Yes! And whatever I had was great. Which place was that, DR Elmore?

I think it was La Cucina.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: elmore3003 on May 28, 2024, 08:36:44 AM
I don't know if the pandemic killed it or not, but I used to know the owners.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: elmore3003 on May 28, 2024, 08:38:18 AM
I love this new lab! I gao there really early and was seen immediately, about 45 minutes before my appointment time. AAR was good for both trips, and I'm home. I'm wating for breakfast to arrive, and then I will get to work on my score.
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Post by: Ginny on May 28, 2024, 09:14:11 AM
Glad to hear your morning went so smoothly, DR Elmore 😘
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jrand74 on May 28, 2024, 09:38:50 AM
Good news DR ELMORE.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jrand74 on May 28, 2024, 09:40:11 AM
I'm going to start calling my kitchen El Nibble Nook.

I like the chimichongas at a local place called El Guavos.

I liked my first meal at Chipotle a few weeks ago, but it was a bit expensive.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Freddie on May 28, 2024, 09:48:33 AM
I'm going to start calling my kitchen El Nibble Nook.

I like the chimichongas at a local place called El Guavos.

I liked my first meal at Chipotle a few weeks ago, but it was a bit expensive.


About Chipotle, I was surprised last time I was there at how quickly you can get your dish up to $20 without really being extravagant.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jrand74 on May 28, 2024, 10:19:54 AM
At least $20 DR FREDDIE.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: elmore3003 on May 28, 2024, 10:44:33 AM
Glad to hear your morning went so smoothly, DR Elmore 😘

And I'm glad to hear you and Richard are feeling better!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: elmore3003 on May 28, 2024, 10:45:46 AM
I find it so ironic that Trump's lawyers keep harping on what a liar Michael Cohen is when they are working for a man who never tells the truth.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Ginny on May 28, 2024, 10:49:01 AM
Glad to hear your morning went so smoothly, DR Elmore 😘

And I'm glad to hear you and Richard are feeling better!

Thank you!  We still sound kind of like Darth Vader, but we’re getting there.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 11:05:47 AM
I had enchiladas once, at a HHW gathering. They were good, as I recall, but I never had the urge to revisit the experience.

That was after we saw Desperate Measures! It was quite a crowd.

That's right!

Let's see, Elmore, Richard, Ginny, Me, weren't John G and Freddie with us too?

Or am.i getting my events scrambled?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 11:08:23 AM
There used to be a Mexican restaurant not far from here, part of a chain, I believe, called El Torito that had wonderful steak and chicken fajitas.  But they went out of business about 35 years ago and the restaurant became an Olive Garden .

That's an interesting tidbit to me, because I knew El Torito in California. It was kind of a staple there among friends and/or co-workers, but I can't remember for the life of me where it was located. When I moved down to Redondo Beach there was one at the Pier, and it's still there, but I must have known one somewhere around Beverly Hills or maybe Marina del Rey. I see there's one at the Marina now, but it's not in a location that rings a bell.

Anyhoo...I'd always figured it was only a Southern California chain, and maybe it mostly was, but when I moved east in 1989, what did I find right here in Danbury but an El Torito? It was just like the CA ones, and a nice comfortable place, and I was sad when it and its neighbors got completely razed for a business park. And now it is revealed that vixmom had one in Lawn Guyland as well. I wonder how those east coast ones came about, and why they completely disappeared.

It's not that El Torito is a primo Mexican restaurant, by any means. It's probably quite average as those things go, but I'm going on 30-year-old memories. It apparently is thriving in California as we speak, with some 69 locations.


I think the first one i ever visited was in California when I visited my cousin , probably about 40 years ago.  It was on the water , she lived in Newport Beach but I don't know if that's where the restaurant was.

The one on LI was in Massapequa
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 11:10:55 AM
I'm feeling much better. Still an heaviness in my chest, but if I don't speak, i dont cough.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 11:11:12 AM
I have been silent as the grave today
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Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 11:11:30 AM
I am sure my coworkers are secretly rejoicing
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 11:13:30 AM
I am sure my coworkers are secretly rejoicing

They're passing around notes:  "Find out what brand she was drinking and send her a whole case of it."
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Freddie on May 28, 2024, 11:18:12 AM
I had enchiladas once, at a HHW gathering. They were good, as I recall, but I never had the urge to revisit the experience.

That was after we saw Desperate Measures! It was quite a crowd.

That's right!

Let's see, Elmore, Richard, Ginny, Me, weren't John G and Freddie with us too?

Or am.i getting my events scrambled?


Could that group have been when we saw Larry's show, City Center Encores' restoration of Cole Porter's The New Yorkers, which would have been March 2017.

I wasn't part of the group seeing Desperate Measures. 

Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Freddie on May 28, 2024, 11:20:39 AM
I am sure my coworkers are secretly rejoicing

That's certainly good news!
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Post by: Michael on May 28, 2024, 11:25:35 AM
Good afternoon to all
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Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 12:30:50 PM
Yuck regarding the skin on pudding ;D
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Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 12:31:09 PM
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Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 12:31:42 PM
What's the difference between a beef burger and a hamburger?

Hmmm ;D
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 12:36:53 PM
Vixdad likes chipotle but they put that awful ciltrano in everything so I can’t eat there.

If you ask you can usually get food made without cilantro.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 12:37:10 PM
I can feel real Mexican food eaters cringing

Yup ;D
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 12:38:18 PM
There used to be a Mexican restaurant not far from here, part of a chain, I believe, called El Torito that had wonderful steak and chicken fajitas.  But they went out of business about 35 years ago and the restaurant became an Olive Garden .

I used to love El Torito's, for their blue corn enchiladas and the little round corn balls they served with most dishes.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 12:42:08 PM
There used to be a Mexican restaurant not far from here, part of a chain, I believe, called El Torito that had wonderful steak and chicken fajitas.  But they went out of business about 35 years ago and the restaurant became an Olive Garden .

That's an interesting tidbit to me, because I knew El Torito in California. It was kind of a staple there among friends and/or co-workers, but I can't remember for the life of me where it was located. When I moved down to Redondo Beach there was one at the Pier, and it's still there, but I must have known one somewhere around Beverly Hills or maybe Marina del Rey. I see there's one at the Marina now, but it's not in a location that rings a bell.

Anyhoo...I'd always figured it was only a Southern California chain, and maybe it mostly was, but when I moved east in 1989, what did I find right here in Danbury but an El Torito? It was just like the CA ones, and a nice comfortable place, and I was sad when it and its neighbors got completely razed for a business park. And now it is revealed that vixmom had one in Lawn Guyland as well. I wonder how those east coast ones came about, and why they completely disappeared.

It's not that El Torito is a primo Mexican restaurant, by any means. It's probably quite average as those things go, but I'm going on 30-year-old memories. It apparently is thriving in California as we speak, with some 69 locations.

When we moved from So. California to New Jersey we couldn't get Mexican food.  I could make good enchiladas, except the avacados were from Floriday and we didn't like them, even for quacamole.

A couple of years after we left NJ we went to stay with a friend who took us to this new Mexican restaurant that had recently opened.  To my surprise and delight it was an El Torito's.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 12:43:48 PM
Gardens of Taxco was a favorite of my father.

I don't remember that, but then we never went out for Mexican food.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 12:46:15 PM
I have been silent as the grave today

Smart move.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 12:46:34 PM
Continue get well vibes for Vixmom, Ginny, and Richard.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 12:56:20 PM
El Cholo's used to offer blue corn enchiladas that were delicious.  The last time, and it has been awhile, that we were there it wasn't on the menu.  They still made them for me.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 12:57:15 PM
FOUR!

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Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 01:01:10 PM
To former DR Arnold Brockman,

(https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.624706889.2492/flat,750x,075,f-pad,750x1000,f8f8f8.u4.jpg)
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 01:19:09 PM
OMG, those Florida avocados.  Weird!!!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Freddie on May 28, 2024, 01:21:40 PM
To former DR Arnold Brockman,

(https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.624706889.2492/flat,750x,075,f-pad,750x1000,f8f8f8.u4.jpg)


Happy 90th birthday, Arnold Brockman
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 01:23:10 PM
OMG, those Florida avocados.  Weird!!!

LOL.  We were shocked.  We used them once for quacamole and never made it again until we could get proper California avacados.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 01:42:47 PM
My follow up appointment with the oral surgeon went well; she is pleased with my healing.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 01:43:31 PM
What's the difference between a beef burger and a hamburger?

That was exactly my first thought, too!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 01:43:42 PM
The DH's colonoscopy then ensued. The office was behind schedule, but otherwise all went well. They found a few polyps they sent for testing, but they didn't seem to be worried about them.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 01:44:00 PM
My follow up appointment with the oral surgeon went well; she is pleased with my healing.

Very good news, Singdaw!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 01:44:08 PM
And now we have a lot of leftover jello.      :)
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 01:44:10 PM
Gratuitous Post #101!!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 01:44:16 PM
Anyone want it?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 01:44:27 PM
It's sugar-free!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 01:45:17 PM
And now I feel like I've run into a brick wall - no energy whatsoever.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 01:49:37 PM
I had enchiladas once, at a HHW gathering. They were good, as I recall, but I never had the urge to revisit the experience.

My sister makes really good (and fairly simple) vegetarian enchiladas. :)
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 01:49:44 PM
Otherwise, tacos, burritos, the usual...not very traditional versions, though, I'm sure.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 01:51:11 PM
Vixdad likes chipotle but they put that awful ciltrano in everything so I can’t eat there.

I've only been to Chipotle a couple of times, and I don't remember if I liked it, or if it was just okay.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 01:59:39 PM
I like Taco Bell

As do I. ;D
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 01:59:52 PM
My follow up appointment with the oral surgeon went well; she is pleased with my healing.

Great.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 02:00:00 PM
Here in the PNW, there's also a Taco Time (https://tacotimenw.com/).  They're different, but pretty good.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 02:00:34 PM
The DH's colonoscopy then ensued. The office was behind schedule, but otherwise all went well. They found a few polyps they sent for testing, but they didn't seem to be worried about them.

Very good news, and vibes the polyps are fine.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 02:01:01 PM
I had enchiladas once, at a HHW gathering. They were good, as I recall, but I never had the urge to revisit the experience.

My sister makes really good (and fairly simple) vegetarian enchiladas. :)

I'm sure I would like them.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Freddie on May 28, 2024, 02:01:31 PM
My follow up appointment with the oral surgeon went well; she is pleased with my healing.


Terrific!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Freddie on May 28, 2024, 02:02:35 PM
The DH's colonoscopy then ensued. The office was behind schedule, but otherwise all went well. They found a few polyps they sent for testing, but they didn't seem to be worried about them.

Vibes that all is well!  Sounds good!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 02:03:34 PM
George, last night you wrote about Big Macs "I figured a way to reheat it so that it turns out really nice."

Any chance you're willing to give details?

Sure.  I take a moistened (but not dripping wet) paper towel and wrap the whole burger in it, then put the wrapped burger in the original cardboard box and close it, then microwave the whole package for 30 seconds, and for me, it was pretty darned good.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 02:05:06 PM
Act One went okay last night - and then Act Two happened.....slowed to a crawl and lay there like a catfish on the pier......

:o
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 02:07:31 PM
Wordle:  No luck today!

Darn!  I hate it when that happens. :P
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 02:09:28 PM
I love this new lab! I gao there really early and was seen immediately, about 45 minutes before my appointment time. AAR was good for both trips, and I'm home. I'm wating for breakfast to arrive, and then I will get to work on my score.

Whew!!  That's great, Larry!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 02:10:17 PM
I find it so ironic that Trump's lawyers keep harping on what a liar Michael Cohen is when they are working for a man who never tells the truth.

Exactly!! ::)
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 02:11:36 PM
PAGE FIVE DANCE!!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 02:11:50 PM
Yuck regarding the skin on pudding ;D

Well, there's no accounting for taste. ;)
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 02:12:07 PM
Wordle 1,074 3/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Nice.

Thanks, Jane.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 02:13:32 PM
Vixdad likes chipotle but they put that awful ciltrano in everything so I can’t eat there.

If you ask you can usually get food made without cilantro.

Unless it's already mixed in something like salsa.  I know a couple of people who are allergic to cilantro.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 02:14:55 PM
Continue get well vibes for Vixmom, Ginny, and Richard.

~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Freddie on May 28, 2024, 02:16:41 PM
George, last night you wrote about Big Macs "I figured a way to reheat it so that it turns out really nice."

Any chance you're willing to give details?

Sure.  I take a moistened (but not dripping wet) paper towel and wrap the whole burger in it, then put the wrapped burger in the original cardboard box and close it, then microwave the whole package for 30 seconds, and for me, it was pretty darned good.


That sounds easy.  Thanks, George!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: elmore3003 on May 28, 2024, 02:55:16 PM
Yesterday I washed the bathroom rug that Stella messed on. I just went into the bathroom to give them fresh wattle and found she'd had another mess. So, I need to wash the rug again.

She needs a vet, but I cannot afford one until that damned IRS issue is completed and I get my refund (hopefully!) or the Irish Rep money comes in.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 03:16:22 PM
Wordle:  No luck today!

Sorry about that.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 03:17:14 PM
Yuck regarding the skin on pudding ;D

Well, there's no accounting for taste. ;)

:D
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 03:18:19 PM
Vixdad likes chipotle but they put that awful ciltrano in everything so I can’t eat there.

If you ask you can usually get food made without cilantro.

Unless it's already mixed in something like salsa.  I know a couple of people who are allergic to cilantro.

Actually allergic or just have the gene that makes it taste like soap?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 03:23:59 PM
Vixdad likes chipotle but they put that awful ciltrano in everything so I can’t eat there.

If you ask you can usually get food made without cilantro.

Unless it's already mixed in something like salsa.  I know a couple of people who are allergic to cilantro.

Actually allergic or just have the gene that makes it taste like soap?

Both...different people, though.  A couple of people are allergic, and a few who think it tastes like soap.  I don't mind it at all.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 03:33:55 PM
Wow, I don't know anyone allergic to it.  That is scary.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 03:36:11 PM
I don't add cilantro to food any more.  While Keith doesn't think it taste like soap he isn't a big fan of it.  I don't prefer dishes made with it when I leave it out, and if I am serving food to people I know too man who think it ruins everything.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 03:51:42 PM
More for me!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: ChasSmith on May 28, 2024, 03:52:06 PM
Greetings from the Bedford Playhouse.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: MichaelG on May 28, 2024, 03:56:56 PM
Cilantro is one of those ingredients I don't use in cooking unless I want to wind up in divorce court.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: MichaelG on May 28, 2024, 03:57:36 PM
Or else get retaliation by being served beets and peanuts.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: MichaelG on May 28, 2024, 04:00:31 PM
TOD: If we extend to New Mexican food, then blue-corn enchiladas, Christmas style, along with carne adovada. For Mexican, moles are great - pipian verde, poblano, whatever.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 04:19:05 PM
At Christmas, nothing beats tamales.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 04:45:44 PM
Cilantro is one of those ingredients I don't use in cooking unless I want to wind up in divorce court.

;D
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 04:46:11 PM
Or else get retaliation by being served beets and peanuts.

I'm with you on the beets.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 06:16:32 PM
Wow, I don't know anyone allergic to it.  That is scary.

Fortunately, it's not a deadly thing...more like the inconvenience of hives, if I remember correctly.  They just get kind of itchy.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Ginny on May 28, 2024, 06:20:52 PM
Wow, I don't know anyone allergic to it.  That is scary.

Fortunately, it's not a deadly thing...more like the inconvenience of hives, if I remember correctly.  They just get kind of itchy.

Allergic hives are more than inconvenient.  I once had a case that required 2 trips to the ER over the course of a Labor Day weekend.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 06:27:23 PM
When I itch I tend to scratch which can be dangerous.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 06:37:19 PM
Beets in Greece were wonderful and in season. We had them a half dozen different ways, each excellent
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 06:37:54 PM
Starting The Trouble with Harry.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 06:38:30 PM
Brilliant Bernard Hermann score
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 06:40:50 PM
Mildred Natwick, Edmund Glenn, John Forsyth, Shirley MacLaine,Jerry Mathers and a silly script..
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 06:41:04 PM
It all adds up.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 06:41:42 PM
To fun. And a page turn
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 06:41:49 PM
Six!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jane on May 28, 2024, 06:45:31 PM
'night
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 06:50:44 PM
I'm just wild about Harry.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 06:50:54 PM
And he's just wild about-
Cannot do without-
He's just wild about me.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: vixmom on May 28, 2024, 07:11:27 PM
Thank you fir the continued vibes
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 07:25:19 PM
It's a Hitchcockian black comedy
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 07:25:44 PM
Thank you fir the continued vibes

And more coming your way
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: singdaw on May 28, 2024, 07:38:51 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: MichaelG on May 28, 2024, 07:49:56 PM
Beets in Greece were wonderful and in season. We had them a half dozen different ways, each excellent

Well, fresh off the farm is a different thing. And I've enjoyed them at really good restaurants. But a little goes a long way with me.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 08:20:27 PM
Beets in Greece were wonderful and in season. We had them a half dozen different ways, each excellent

Well, fresh off the farm is a different thing. And I've enjoyed them at really good restaurants. But a little goes a long way with me.

Many of my friends hate them. I was glad to be traveling with people who really appreciated them.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jrand74 on May 28, 2024, 08:21:13 PM
Good health news from DR singdaw.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jrand74 on May 28, 2024, 08:21:26 PM
$$$ vibes for DR ELMORE.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jrand74 on May 28, 2024, 08:21:58 PM
Blue corn and corn balls.

My palate is obviously NOT sophisticated......BEETS?  No comment.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jrand74 on May 28, 2024, 08:24:00 PM
Tonight for the OKLAHOMA! repor.

First night for orchestra, lights, microphones.....and it went surprisingly well.

Somehow the guys got out of line during Kansas City and there were a couple of crashes and burns on the straightaway.....but hopefully we got that straightened out.

The ballet music ended about 20 seconds before the ballet did.....but I guess we just need more cow bell.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: Jrand74 on May 28, 2024, 08:24:58 PM
The Minn. Timberwolves finally woke up.....now Dallas leads the series 3-1.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 08:27:18 PM
Thunderstorms rolling in.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: John G. on May 28, 2024, 08:27:30 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 28, 2024, 09:14:27 PM
In the Varese heyday when I had a sublet on 66th and Third, there was a great Mexican jernt on Third up by 80th. Doubt it's still there.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 28, 2024, 09:15:17 PM
Storage was frustrating - didn't find what I was hoping to find, but DID find some Sugar CDs as well as a box of the long-gone Two for the Road and Breaking Away.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 28, 2024, 11:54:54 PM
Wow, I don't know anyone allergic to it.  That is scary.

Fortunately, it's not a deadly thing...more like the inconvenience of hives, if I remember correctly.  They just get kind of itchy.

Allergic hives are more than inconvenient.  I once had a case that required 2 trips to the ER over the course of a Labor Day weekend.

Oh, my goodness!  I didn't know that they could be that bad. :-\
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:03:29 AM
Storage was frustrating - didn't find what I was hoping to find, but DID find some Sugar CDs as well as a box of the long-gone Two for the Road and Breaking Away.

It's always frustrating not finding what you're looking for. :P
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:04:14 AM
I have some bluetooth ear buds somewhere (a Sondheim and Bernstein reference), but I have no idea where.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:16:27 AM
Well, a few days ago, I rediscovered my mini SNES Classic Edition and I've been playing it.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:17:26 AM
There are certain levels where I could just go right through them without any trouble.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:17:53 AM
But then there were others where I've had to repeat them literally dozens of times before I could finish them even once! :o
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:18:26 AM
But I got through it to the end of Super Mario World.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:18:59 AM
However, I didn't have to start from the beginning this time.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:19:10 AM
I finished a game that was in progress.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:20:09 AM
Now, I think I'll restart one of the games from the (not "Super") NES Classic Edition.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:21:27 AM
And now, it's time for the dreaded...
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:21:36 AM
PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:21:48 AM
I never had an original NES system, so most of the games on the console are foreign to me.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:22:16 AM
I only had (and actually still have) an original Super Nintendo System that I bought new back in the early 1990s.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:23:34 AM
I never went past the Super Nintendo system to get the Nintendo 64 or later versions.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: George on May 29, 2024, 12:23:46 AM
I just stayed with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:44:34 AM
Where'd George get to?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:44:43 AM
Eating a burrito?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:46:52 AM
Eating chili cheese fries?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:47:22 AM
Eating a churro?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:47:47 AM
Hawaiian spare ribs.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:48:03 AM
I don't have any ribs to spare, in case you were wondering.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:48:18 AM
Grits?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:48:27 AM
Biscuits and gravy?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:48:38 AM
He sure has flown the coop.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:49:10 AM
Shall I sing Climb Ev'ry Mountain?
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:49:49 AM
Perhaps George is feasting on little meat balls.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:50:09 AM
Or fried filet of sole.
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Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:50:26 AM
Or a turkey leg.
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Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:50:32 AM
Pheasant.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:50:54 AM
Creme brûlée?
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Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:51:21 AM
Perhaps he is reminiscing of his time in the Congo.
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Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:51:52 AM
Wherever he is he ain't here.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:52:52 AM
Maybe he's listening to Tubby the Tuba.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:53:14 AM
Maybe he's having an egg salad sandwich on white bread.
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Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:53:38 AM
Gee whiz.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:53:48 AM
Or should that be GEE whiz.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:54:10 AM
I wonder if Jrand will finish a book soon?
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Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:54:16 AM
Hope so.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:54:27 AM
New notes are up.
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Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:54:33 AM
Up are new notes.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:54:41 AM
I've seen them.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:54:48 AM
I've read them.
Title: Re: NO, IT'S NOT A HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLER
Post by: bk on May 29, 2024, 12:54:55 AM
I wrote them.