Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on September 08, 2025, 12:10:16 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of happiness, muffins, peanut butter, and raspberry jam, and now it is time for you to post until the happy cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: SANGUINE!
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Did I use that word recently. Seems familiar. I like it, though.
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And it likes me.
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I remember the other popular brand from my childhood - Laura Scudder. But I think we were always Skippy, which is surprising, as I would have thought I would have insisted on Peter Pan peanut butter, just because I loved Peter Pan. Also, JIF came along much earlier than I thought - 1958.
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A non-Wednesday question for BK: if you do replace singers for any of the songs, will you (or someone involved) contact the original singers and let them know, or just let them find out on their own?
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Topic of the Day: I do love me some peanut butter...but I mentioned last night that I prefer brands like Adam's that's made only with peanuts and salt, no palm or hydrogenated oils or sugar.
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A non-Wednesday question for BK: if you do replace singers for any of the songs, will you (or someone involved) contact the original singers and let them know, or just let them find out on their own?
OR, did you mean that you'd have the original singers re-record their own songs?
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Contacting all the singers would be difficult as at least two have passed on. I'm not sure what I'd do at this point, but no, I would not have any of the singers from back then redo their tracks - frankly, I don't know that the keys would work twenty-five years later.
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You could always have a seance.
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I love peanut butter...especially chunky!
We always had Peter Pan or JIF - although now and then we would get the store brand. It was usually a bit dry for my taste.
Peanut butter and grape jelly.
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I have bookmarked the TURTLES show to watch. They were indeed a favorite. And that clip of "Guide for the Married Man" was terrific.
I have ONE Turtles LP on White Whale somewhere. I need to find it.
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DR RODZINSKI didn't our mutual friend who has disappeared from the face of this earth name his daughter after the Turtles song - Eleanor?
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Good morning, all!
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This morning. at 7:30 EST, I was unable to log on.
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BK, those two recordings were Book-of-the-Month Club, not Time Life. Several years ago, I contacted BOMC, and the people I spoe to seemed to have no knowledge of the recordings.
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I remember there being a ton of the NY Songs LP recordingsat the now-dead Barnes & Noble record store at Fifth Avenue and 18th(?) Street.
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Is there stuff to listen to from these albums - if no one knows what they are, then I might take a chance on them.
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I have those Book of the Month Club CD sets in a box somewhere. I really like them. Some of the first CDs I ever bought, when CDs were new.
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The Sondheim set, especially, is great.
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Good morning, friends.
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And others.
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Just looked up the Sondheim, which did come out on CD but probably could be lots better since that was in 1985. Too many heavy-hitters still with us to take a chance on it, I think. I may write Paul McKibbins and see if he knows what's what. If they can't find the paperwork, I'd feel okay about it. Don't know the NY stuff at all.
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I can't find anything about the McGlinn NY album being on CD.
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I love peanut butter. Like DR George, I only buy the natural brands - only ingredient is peanuts. The oil separates, but you just stir it up.
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You could always have a seance.
A seance can be an effective medium.
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DR RODZINSKI didn't our mutual friend who has disappeared from the face of this earth name his daughter after the Turtles song - Eleanor?
This is an interesting description of how the song "Eleanor" came about, in effect written as a deliberate attempt to spoof "Happy Together"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhsmcL8Y57w
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I have those Book of the Month Club CD sets in a box somewhere. I really like them. Some of the first CDs I ever bought, when CDs were new.
IIRC, I was already feeling quite old when CDs were new. (At least I felt quite old thinking about still having so many 45s.)
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Good morning, all.
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Must go back to sleep shortly.
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The Sondheim set y'all are referring to -- is that the LP box set with the photo of him at the piano in front of a bookshelf full of scores (or is it recordings?) behind him?
Without going down to check right now, I'm thinking that was indeed a BOMC set. I found mine at God only knows what secondhand store or record fair or tag sale or estate sale back in the late 1990s. Years later I was very lucky finding a sealed copy of the NY set, I believe on eBay.
I'm betting that any CDs floating around there are LP transfers, not official releases. But tell me if I'm wrong.
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My Facebook User Privacy Claim filed in 2023 has been approved. So sayeth the email I just received. The settlement was for 725 million. Most of that, of course, will go to the lawyers. According to what I've read, the payments to US will depend on how long we've been on Facebook. I've been on a LONG time, maybe since 2008, maybe even earlier - whenever the big shift from MySpace to Facebook happened. Actually, I can pinpoint it exactly with the Adriana mysteries - the first book is all MySpace. A year later with the second book, it's all Facebook. Yep, I had to have gotten on Facebook in late 2007. So, maybe I'll get a little more than the thirty bucks they're saying the median payment will be. Can't remember how I chose to get it - bank or gift card (probably) or PayPal.
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No, from what I can see, the CDs were not LP transfers but legit BOMC CDs. These things, however, can be very convoluted, paperwork-wise.
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If anyone has the CD sets handy, send to me as WAV files so I can hear what's what.
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Good morning, all.
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We grew up on the name brands, but I couldn't tell you which was the most prominent one in our house.
In my California years I used to try the occasional "natural" one from the health food stores, but I never did a good job of stirring and recombining the oil and it was never very satisfying. Then a decade or so ago, I made a concerted effort to get it right. I like to low-carb it when possible, and the idea of "pure" peanut butter certainly appeals, so I bought Smucker's Natural for a while, and more or less perfected my technique:
Stir until your arm is ready to drop off. Dig down into the jar and do your best to blend the upper and lower regions together. When you can go no further without passing out, make the PB&J sandwich you've been craving and promptly refrigerate the peanut butter. Keep that jar in the fridge. If you did a decent job of it, the oil will not separate again. If it's too cold and stiff when you take it out to use it, open it and let it sit for five minutes and it'll soften just fine. Don't forget to re-refrigerate it. Sometimes as you get to the bottom of a jar, the peanut butter will seem drier. If you let that stay out and soften, it improves it. I think that's a result of our imperfect recombining techniques. Probably best to briefly re-stir it when we're halfway through the jar.
Several years ago my usual store Shop Rite started carrying the "Bowl & Basket" store brand of most foods. Some are duds, but they have "natural" peanut butters (both creamy and chunky) that are delicious, so those are my cherce now and I'm 100% happy with them.
Side note: I was in Trader Joe's recently and tried their equivalent "natural" which is labeled as using unblanched peanuts. I thought that sounded fine, but in fact, I didn't love the flavor. So, nice try, but I'm sticking with Shop Rite's.
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There's no question we grew up on grape jelly with the peanut butter. That seems to have been the universal thing. Nowadays, as a discerning adult (picture me poring over the supermarket shelves, monocle and all), I far prefer other flavors of jams and spreads. In fact, one day last year I made a grape jelly PB&J. It was certainly "okay", but I would no longer choose that. Strawberry's my go-to now, raspberry's fine. I find those bolder flavors work best with peanut butter, but I love 'em all so I save the more delicate ones for toast, etc.
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This morning. at 7:30 EST, I was unable to log on.
That happened to me around then, when I first tried from the phone. It finally worked after a couple of minutes. I've noticed it being a little slow on the posting or page-turning.
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Last night, after having digested two (2) movies in the AIP beach party series, the evening was still young and I needed ... something. I took a look at the current "to watch" pile, and right on top was A Patch of Blue which I believe was due to BK posting something about it recently, and that seemed just the ticket.
What a magnificent film. Beautiful in every respect, and uncompromising, with not a single mis-step. I mean, not one. It's the kind of 1960s picture fraught with land mines, especially when viewed from 60 years in the future. I kept waiting for maybe one little cringe moment, from the director or the script or the acting, anything at all. But no. It is perfection.
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We always had whatever peanut butter was cheapest or had the best coupon - as long as it was good enough for baking. That usually meant JIF or Peter Pan. And it was almost always crunchy. We would regularly have it in sandwiches with Mom’s homemade strawberry jam.
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I don’t remember Skippy peanut butter ever being in the house.
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The peanut butter confrontation scene from BACK TO THE BEACH
Bobby tells his mom Annette about his hatred of Peanut Butter!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKUq6LkYfCw
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I love English muffins. They were always a special treat.
My mom would make little quickie pizzas with them, briefly toasted in the oven with a slice of cheese (probably just American), pepperoni, and who knows, maybe that was all, or maybe a sprinkling of oregano or something. I don't remember any kind of tomato sauce on them, but for pizza "sliders", who cares. Or I'm just forgetting.
Always loved English muffins toasted with butter (fill those nooks and crannies!) and honey. Or with cinnamon sugar. These always seemed even more perfect and delicious on the muffins than on ordinary bread. I'm not sure I've had peanut butter on them, but there's no reason why not. I'll remember that next time.
The one time I didn't like an English muffin was in a room service breakfast at an Omni outside of Dallas, near Carrollton, on a trip to our office. They were huge, thick, and just didn't have the magic of those I'd always had from the store or elsewhere. I have no idea what those would have been. For all I know, it was some common variety that I just hadn't had before.
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We alternated between Jif, Skippy, Peter Pan, probably based on price. Couldn’t really have jelly in a brown bag lunch as it tended to soak through the bread. I still like peanut butter with any kind of quality jam or preserves. But I avoid palm oils in the big brands now. In fact, we mostly have almond butter nowadays.
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DR RODZINSKI didn't our mutual friend who has disappeared from the face of this earth name his daughter after the Turtles song - Eleanor?
Your memory is on point. Last I knew, the wife and daughter moved to Japan where Ellie identified as “Mack.”
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It's very possible that my parents, too, bought whatever was the cheapest on a given day. I will ask my sister if she remembers whether we were a "one brand" household or if it varied.
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The days of shopping and having the weekly newspaper supplement of “deals” with you and making decisions based on that or coupons you’d clipped….
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Can’t send kids to school with peanut butter or almond butter these days. Sunflower butter is ok, but my kids aren’t into any nut butters anyway, so they get grilled cheeses I make each morning.
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Can’t send kids to school with peanut butter or almond butter these days. Sunflower butter is ok, but my kids aren’t into any nut butters anyway, so they get grilled cheeses I make each morning.
Grilled cheeses!!!? Just send a few over here, if you don't mind.
But the cautions re: nuts these days. Holy moly, it's a different world out there. Not having kids, one does not think of so many of these things.
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LOL DR FREDDIE.
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Strawberry jam.
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It seems to me I have that NYC cd somewhere - purchased at a thrift shop....who knows where it might be?
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Closing the book on White Whale, they did manage to license one other song that made the top 20, this Spanish-language hit for Rene & Rene.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F6p1XIdM6Ks&pp=ygUkcmVuZSBhbmQgcmVuZSBsbyBtdWNobyBxdWUgdGUgcXVpZXJv
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My dad, who was in every other way, a guy who went to work and came home while mom handled the household stuff, made our school lunches every single day. That was for 5 kids at some points.
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Annie Lamott had a bit in her book on writing about the times when Dad would make PB&J sandwiches. They were always strange. He would use apricot jam or something that weirded her out. It was a discussion that would always get people talking.
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I used Lamott’s story while talking with people at an assisted living facility. All of the people were Depression Era kids. Their dads never made a sandwich—ever. And they were lucky to have a sandwich at all. And they didn’t want to remember those days.
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Three!
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That didn’t go as planned.
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I remember being at a kid across the street’s house when his mom was making his lunch. She put butter on the bread before the jelly. I was astounded. He told me she did this to stop the jelly from leaking through. Not a bad idea, but a thin layer of peanut butter also might have worked.
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I think my dad took over making the school lunches when my mom started working nights at the local hospital.
(They wanted the additional income, but it had always been a dream of hers to be involved in the medical profession. The medical end of it never happened, but she did patient admitting and such in the emergency room for a few years, and absolutely loved it.)
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And now Rick Davies of Supertramp has died. Rough year for musicians.
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I don't remember jelly leak-through being a problem. I'm thinking maybe they didn't spread them too thick? I know if I make a modest, thin-ish one here, it stays perfectly neat and doesn't squirt all over the place. Then again, it's going right into my pie hole. It's only messy when I spread the peanut butter thick and then have to spread the jelly or jam thick to match.
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Interesting Chas. My mom gave up her nursing career when she started having kids. When we got older she did get a job helping out at a doctor’s office, but she would have loved to fully get back into nursing.
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Jelly soak through was mainly a school-lunch problem. In a bag your sandwich would be at the bottom, usually with an apple on top, which would press down making a big dent in the sandwich and pushing the bread and jelly into an untenable situation.
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And now Rick Davies of Supertramp has died. Rough year for musicians.
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Good morning.
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You put peanut butter on both pieces of bread and then add the jelly to one piece so the jelly is in the middle. That way it doesn't soak through the bread.
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Is there stuff to listen to from these albums - if no one knows what they are, then I might take a chance on them.
I am sending them via We Transfer now.
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I can't find anything about the McGlinn NY album being on CD.
I have the two CDs but I'm not sure I still have the booklet. It was released on LP, cassette, and CD.
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The Sondheim set y'all are referring to -- is that the LP box set with the photo of him at the piano in front of a bookshelf full of scores (or is it recordings?) behind him?
Without going down to check right now, I'm thinking that was indeed a BOMC set. I found mine at God only knows what secondhand store or record fair or tag sale or estate sale back in the late 1990s. Years later I was very lucky finding a sealed copy of the NY set, I believe on eBay.
I'm betting that any CDs floating around there are LP transfers, not official releases. But tell me if I'm wrong.
I posted the cover yesterday.
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If anyone has the CD sets handy, send to me as WAV files so I can hear what's what.
I just sent both sets as mp3 files because you did not mention WAV in your earlier post.
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The Sondheim set y'all are referring to -- is that the LP box set with the photo of him at the piano in front of a bookshelf full of scores (or is it recordings?) behind him?
Without going down to check right now, I'm thinking that was indeed a BOMC set. I found mine at God only knows what secondhand store or record fair or tag sale or estate sale back in the late 1990s. Years later I was very lucky finding a sealed copy of the NY set, I believe on eBay.
I'm betting that any CDs floating around there are LP transfers, not official releases. But tell me if I'm wrong.
I posted the cover yesterday.
Thank you!!! I can't imagine how I missed seeing them then.
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DR Freddie, I'm glad you enjoyed the first episode of Untamed.
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It has been years since I have purchased Jif peanut butter. Unless it has improved I didn't think it was nearly as good as Skippy.
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Well, about 30 minutes ago, my doorbell rang, and I had company. It was Val, our super between 2016 and 2018, and love of Annabelle's life. He came by to pick up a copy of the book since he's a major character. I hadn't seen him in maybe five years, so we had a lovely visit. The neatest part? Annabelle remembered him, climbed all over him, cuddled with him, and rolled over so he could rub her tummy. It was great.
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George I used to eat the natural peanut butter but it was such a pain to stir all the time.
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And I mean physical pain to stir.
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Very good.
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Chuncky peanut butter vs creamy.
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Visit sounds fun DR ELMORE.
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I decided today was laundry day.....
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I watched the Turtles documentary and I can happily report that the pair of keets are in love with their music.
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My Facebook User Privacy Claim filed in 2023 has been approved. So sayeth the email I just received. The settlement was for 725 million. Most of that, of course, will go to the lawyers. According to what I've read, the payments to US will depend on how long we've been on Facebook. I've been on a LONG time, maybe since 2008, maybe even earlier - whenever the big shift from MySpace to Facebook happened. Actually, I can pinpoint it exactly with the Adriana mysteries - the first book is all MySpace. A year later with the second book, it's all Facebook. Yep, I had to have gotten on Facebook in late 2007. So, maybe I'll get a little more than the thirty bucks they're saying the median payment will be. Can't remember how I chose to get it - bank or gift card (probably) or PayPal.
That's great.
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Well, about 30 minutes ago, my doorbell rang, and I had company. It was Val, our super between 2016 and 2018, and love of Annabelle's life. He came by to pick up a copy of the book since he's a major character. I hadn't seen him in maybe five years, so we had a lovely visit. The neatest part? Annabelle remembered him, climbed all over him, cuddled with him, and rolled over so he could rub her tummy. It was great.
How lovely!
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A seance can be an effective medium.
;D
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I have an inferiority complex.
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But it's not a very good one.
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Elmore, I'm so glad Val stopped by and that Annabelle remembered him and loved on him.
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I watched the Turtles documentary and I can happily report that the pair of keets are in love with their music.
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I wonder how the pair of keets would respond to the music of The Byrds.
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Up again. Maybe close to six hours of sleep.
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Thanks to elmore for the two albums. mp3s are fine at this point - I listened to a few tracks from both and whoever mixed these should never be allowed in a recording studio again. The vocals are so far under the band it's a joke. Listen to the opening of Worst Pies in London - you can barely hear her. I will never ever understand it. I could probably help it in the mastering - it also doesn't help that every song seems to be at a different audio level. It's shocking because these are well-known people who worked on these. In the credits, is there a producer listed?
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I just retrieved the 2 LP box sets. Hang on, taking a look...
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Sondheim -
Recording Producer & Engineer: Max Wilcox
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Recording Producers: Judith Sherman and John McGlinn
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Thanks to elmore for the two albums. mp3s are fine at this point - I listened to a few tracks from both and whoever mixed these should never be allowed in a recording studio again. The vocals are so far under the band it's a joke. Listen to the opening of Worst Pies in London - you can barely hear her. I will never ever understand it. I could probably help it in the mastering - it also doesn't help that every song seems to be at a different audio level. It's shocking because these are well-known people who worked on these. In the credits, is there a producer listed?
I did not work on the Sondheim, so Im no help there. My friend Judy Sherman was producer on the Songs of New York. That's where we met.
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Sondheim -
Recording Producer & Engineer: Max Wilcox
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Recording Producers: Judith Sherman and John McGlinn
You must have the booklets for both albums, thank God! I have both CD sets but no booklets. I gave the New York Songs booklet to McGlinn's sister Lorin after he died.
I believe Max Wilcox was Judy Sherman's first husband.
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I love Newsom's Trump mockery. I hope they give Trump a stroke.
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Sondheim -
Recording Producer & Engineer: Max Wilcox
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Recording Producers: Judith Sherman and John McGlinn
You must have the booklets for both albums, thank God! I have both CD sets but no booklets. I gave the New York Songs booklet to McGlinn's sister Lorin after he died.
I believe Max Wilcox was Judy Sherman's first husband.
Wow. The plot thickens.
I remembered Max Wilcox's name from many RCA albums.
Yes, these are the booklets. They're 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". If needed by anyone, I can scan them later, probably this evening.
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Actually, scratch that. I can do it right now. Back in a bit.
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Done, and emailed to BK and DR Elmore.
(Both give the BOMC catalog numbers for LP, cassette, and CD, something I hadn't noticed before. My bad.)
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I do not understand what I'm hearing then. I'll listen to more tracks, but I cannot stand when the vocals are buried beneath the band - that's just not how it's done and I don't care who is the doer.
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Or the doner.
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Thanks for the booklets.
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But with mastering technology today, it could definitely be helped. I have no idea HOW these were recorded but it would not surprise me in the least to find it was direct to two-track. This was long before we came up with the way we did things, which then everyone pretty much copied.
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BK, those two recordings were Book-of-the-Month Club, not Time Life. Several years ago, I contacted BOMC, and the people I spoe to seemed to have no knowledge of the recordings.
Yesterday, I found my CD copy of the Sondheim Book-of-the-Month Club recording! :D
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There's no question we grew up on grape jelly with the peanut butter.
I don't think we ever had grape, or any jelly in the house.
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We mostly ate preserves or jam. My mother had her English Robertson's marmalade.
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My favorite was plum preserves.
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Can’t send kids to school with peanut butter or almond butter these days. Sunflower butter is ok, but my kids aren’t into any nut butters anyway, so they get grilled cheeses I make each morning.
As vegetarians that would have been difficult for me. I never thought to make grilled cheese sandwiches to be eaten cold.
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Can’t send kids to school with peanut butter or almond butter these days. Sunflower butter is ok, but my kids aren’t into any nut butters anyway, so they get grilled cheeses I make each morning.
But the cautions re: nuts these days. Holy moly, it's a different world out there. Not having kids, one does not think of so many of these things.
I was lucky my nut allergy was only an issue if I ate the nuts, not touched the residue.
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Because of the references to grilled cheese, I had a cup of grilled cheese and bacon soup with lunch. The soup was not as good as the bacon.
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In Ashland a woman and her son hiked with my group one summer. She had to ask if Echo's dog treats were peanut butter. They were so we had to make sure Echo avoided the woman's son. After the first time I did not take peanut butter treats. I also liked to take peanut butter and apricot preserve sandwiches for a snack. I took wipes to clean my hands well.
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Annie Lamott had a bit in her book on writing about the times when Dad would make PB&J sandwiches. They were always strange. He would use apricot jam or something that weirded her out. It was a discussion that would always get people talking.
That is funny. I doubt I would have liked apricot jam when I was young. As an adult I find it good, and it doesn't drip and stain clothes.
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I used Lamott’s story while talking with people at an assisted living facility. All of the people were Depression Era kids. Their dads never made a sandwich—ever. And they were lucky to have a sandwich at all. And they didn’t want to remember those days.
Interesting.
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I'm sure my father never made me a sandwich. I recall making sandwiches for him.
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I remember being at a kid across the street’s house when his mom was making his lunch. She put butter on the bread before the jelly. I was astounded. He told me she did this to stop the jelly from leaking through. Not a bad idea, but a thin layer of peanut butter also might have worked.
Interesting and odd. My English mother used to put butter on our sandwiches, until we put a stop to it, yet she never did it with peanut butter.
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FIVE!
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I think my dad took over making the school lunches when my mom started working nights at the local hospital.
(They wanted the additional income, but it had always been a dream of hers to be involved in the medical profession. The medical end of it never happened, but she did patient admitting and such in the emergency room for a few years, and absolutely loved it.)
That is nice your mother found a job that she loved.
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You put peanut butter on both pieces of bread and then add the jelly to one piece so the jelly is in the middle. That way it doesn't soak through the bread.
Makes sense, and jam or preserves don't leak as much as jelly does.
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I watched the Turtles documentary and I can happily report that the pair of keets are in love with their music.
:)
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You could always have a seance.
A seance can be an effective medium.
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DR Elmore:
I follow a couple of Cleveland groups and the attached ad popped up in my feed. Click for enlightenment.
I remembered you said Akron, and googled. This notice comes up for Cleveland, Columbus, and Canton:
https://americanmusicalproductions.org/schedule
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Scroll down and you'll see Dearest Enemy having played in Akron.
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I just remembered this Turtles song from the Battle of the Bands LP - and how I listened to it and sang it quite often.....and then I suddenly listened to the lyrics...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywjLgq6iwrY
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Scroll down and you'll see Dearest Enemy having played in Akron.
This is the group I was working with. You might have met Joseph Rubin when STAR ON THE RISE was shown at the library in March 2024. They performed DEAREST ENEMY last June in Akron. The first workshop production of DEAREST ENEMY happened in June 1925 in Akron.
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I was in Akron once for about ten minutes. My main Ohio stops were Lebanon, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Cleveland.
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But that was long ago and far away.
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DR ChasSmith, thanks for those BOMC scans!
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The Sondheim set y'all are referring to -- is that the LP box set with the photo of him at the piano in front of a bookshelf full of scores (or is it recordings?) behind him?
Without going down to check right now, I'm thinking that was indeed a BOMC set. I found mine at God only knows what secondhand store or record fair or tag sale or estate sale back in the late 1990s. Years later I was very lucky finding a sealed copy of the NY set, I believe on eBay.
I'm betting that any CDs floating around there are LP transfers, not official releases. But tell me if I'm wrong.
The Sondheim BotM had an actual CD release. Here's my actual copy:
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Had some Popeye's tenders for food - just didn't feel like making anything here. They were okay.
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Guess I'll be on my way to the mail place now. Then I shall return.
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I love English muffins. They were always a special treat.
My mom would make little quickie pizzas with them, briefly toasted in the oven with a slice of cheese (probably just American), pepperoni, and who knows, maybe that was all, or maybe a sprinkling of oregano or something. I don't remember any kind of tomato sauce on them, but for pizza "sliders", who cares. Or I'm just forgetting.
Always loved English muffins toasted with butter (fill those nooks and crannies!) and honey. Or with cinnamon sugar. These always seemed even more perfect and delicious on the muffins than on ordinary bread. I'm not sure I've had peanut butter on them, but there's no reason why not. I'll remember that next time.
The one time I didn't like an English muffin was in a room service breakfast at an Omni outside of Dallas, near Carrollton, on a trip to our office. They were huge, thick, and just didn't have the magic of those I'd always had from the store or elsewhere. I have no idea what those would have been. For all I know, it was some common variety that I just hadn't had before.
I love English muffins, too! Especially when extra toasted...very crunchy is muchly preferred. :)
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And now Rick Davies of Supertramp has died. Rough year for musicians.
Oh, no. :(
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Well, about 30 minutes ago, my doorbell rang, and I had company. It was Val, our super between 2016 and 2018, and love of Annabelle's life. He came by to pick up a copy of the book since he's a major character. I hadn't seen him in maybe five years, so we had a lovely visit. The neatest part? Annabelle remembered him, climbed all over him, cuddled with him, and rolled over so he could rub her tummy. It was great.
That's so sweet! Glad you had a nice time, Larry!
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George I used to eat the natural peanut butter but it was such a pain to stir all the time.
And I mean physical pain to stir.
That can be an issue, but I didn't let it stop me. ;)
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Wordle 1,542 4/6
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Very good.
Thanks, Jane.
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Chuncky peanut butter vs creamy.
Crunchy! Eagan's, the local burger joint, makes (soft serve) ice cream shakes with crunchy peanut butter. Yummy!
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I love Newsom's Trump mockery. I hope they give Trump a stroke.
(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8079.0;attach=27395)
;D
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I do not understand what I'm hearing then. I'll listen to more tracks, but I cannot stand when the vocals are buried beneath the band - that's just not how it's done and I don't care who is the doer.
That's done a lot in opera recordings...I don't know why. ::)
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FIVE!
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS98FP4hHdVblHUuIwoyRB14jHGqkhFqoXgvg&s)
Great page 5 page turn!
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Battle of the Bands is a great record, JRand. And that song is funky and a good dirty joke too!
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I got a giant jar of peach preserves from Costco a few months ago I had to finally admit was more than I’d ever eat, and out in the trash it went.
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Good afternoon.
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I am waiting for an oil change.
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I got a giant jar of peach preserves from Costco a few months ago I had to finally admit was more than I’d ever eat, and out in the trash it went.
Was it good?
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They have free popcorn.
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My life is exciting.
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I figured I'd better enjoy it today. Tomorrow is the doctor appointment, when he'll probably tell me I have to give up food.
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I got a giant jar of peach preserves from Costco a few months ago I had to finally admit was more than I’d ever eat, and out in the trash it went.
Was it good?
It was good for a couple times on toast. Not the 50 times I would have needed to finish it. I kinda reduced my bread intake as well, so it wasn’t a wise buy.
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Good luck at doc, Laura!
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They have free popcorn.
:)
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I figured I'd better enjoy it today. Tomorrow is the doctor appointment, when he'll probably tell me I have to give up food.
;D
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TOD: I can't abide even the smell of peanut butter. Overall, peanuts are one of my least favorite foods, though they can be OK in a supporting role. No allergy, just preference. So I'm no help at all regarding the merits of different brands!
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While other kids had their PB&J for a regular lunch, mine was tuna fish sandwiches. Lots of tuna fish sandwiches. Star-Kist only, please, not Chicken of the Sea or Bumblebee. And yes, even at that age I could tell the difference.
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Nowadays my tuna brand for sandwiches is Wild Planet for their Skipjack tuna (not Albacore, please).
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That Turtles documentary was great. Thanks for the recommendation, DR Rodzinski!
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The pair of keets are settling in for the night - very early.
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I got a giant jar of peach preserves from Costco a few months ago I had to finally admit was more than I’d ever eat, and out in the trash it went.
Sad. I could make 80 or 90 of my tarts with that this Christmas.
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My life is exciting.
It is. It is exciting.
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Someone remind me where The Turtles doc is so I can watch - unless it's Netflix.
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Back from the mail place.
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Slow. I've just reported there have been problems today.
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Ushering for a lecture on something musical theater related.
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Someone remind me where The Turtles doc is so I can watch - unless it's Netflix.
It's on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/TUoMHtUhlfY?si=JOuA7z3zoAvNW1q8
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Ushering for a lecture on something musical theater related.
Well, that covers a lot of territory :). Enjoy!
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While waiting, the original cast recording of Flora, the Red Menace is playing. Wonderful.
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Bob Dishy was perfect.
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TOD: I can't abide even the smell of peanut butter.
That is terrible. I often have trouble with the smell of coffee. Fortunately I've gotten better because it is hard to get away from it.
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While other kids had their PB&J for a regular lunch, mine was tuna fish sandwiches. Lots of tuna fish sandwiches. Star-Kist only, please, not Chicken of the Sea or Bumblebee. And yes, even at that age I could tell the difference.
Often a tuna sandwich was my lunch.
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Nowadays my tuna brand for sandwiches is Wild Planet for their Skipjack tuna (not Albacore, please).
I don't think I have had it.
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I got a giant jar of peach preserves from Costco a few months ago I had to finally admit was more than I’d ever eat, and out in the trash it went.
Sad. I could make 80 or 90 of my tarts with that this Christmas.
Yum.
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Oh, YouTube. I can watch that on my TV, so good.
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Keith got Wordle in four.
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Ushering for a lecture on something musical-theater related.
Atlas of a Marriage: Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine, perhaps?
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Ushering for a lecture on something musical-theater related.
Atlas of a Marriage: Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine, perhaps?
Let me be the first to lol.
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Someone remind me where The Turtles doc is so I can watch - unless it's Netflix.
It's on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/TUoMHtUhlfY?si=JOuA7z3zoAvNW1q8
Glad you watched! Nothing fancy, but good interviews and old footage.
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The 7th page of a 7th page!
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Obi-Wan Cannoli.
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Obi-Wan Cannoli.
ROTFLMAO!
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Good night, friends.
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And others.
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The program was about movie musicals of the 1940s. It was very good.
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The speaker showed this number featuring the Nicholas Brothers, one of the greatest dance numbers ever filmed.
https://youtu.be/_8yGGtVKrD8?si=f-g4k7Q3EOwbKlk0
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It reminded me of the time I got to meet Harold Nicholas after a touring performance of The Tap Dance Kid. He was very nice to a fan who had seen all of his movies, which surprised him. One of my all-time favorite memories.
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DR Elmore:
I follow a couple of Cleveland groups and the attached ad popped up in my feed. Click for enlightenment.
I remembered you said Akron, and googled. This notice comes up for Cleveland, Columbus, and Canton:
https://americanmusicalproductions.org/schedule
(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8079.0;attach=27397)
That's very cool, ChasSmith. :)
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Stephen King reads his version of Hansel and Gretel, based on illustrations Maurice Sendak created for a production of the Humperdink opera. It’s only a half hour, but it’s fun.
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I got a giant jar of peach preserves from Costco a few months ago I had to finally admit was more than I’d ever eat, and out in the trash it went.
I'll confess that years ago I got a big jar of Adam's All-Natural peanut butter from Costco, and I didn't finish it off until more than a year past the best-by date. ::)
It stayed good the whole time!
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I got a giant jar of peach preserves from Costco a few months ago I had to finally admit was more than I’d ever eat, and out in the trash it went.
Was it good?
It was good for a couple times on toast. Not the 50 times I would have needed to finish it. I kinda reduced my bread intake as well, so it wasn’t a wise buy.
I wonder if it could've been frozen in something like ice cube trays and doled out over time. Just a thought.
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While other kids had their PB&J for a regular lunch, mine was tuna fish sandwiches. Lots of tuna fish sandwiches. Star-Kist only, please, not Chicken of the Sea or Bumblebee. And yes, even at that age I could tell the difference.
For me, tuna = :P
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While waiting, the original cast recording of Flora, the Red Menace is playing. Wonderful.
I really like that recording. :)
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Keith got Wordle in four.
Very nice!
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Ushering for a lecture on something musical-theater related.
Atlas of a Marriage: Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine, perhaps?
:))
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Obi-Wan Cannoli.
(https://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8079.0;attach=27401)
;D
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The speaker showed this number featuring the Nicholas Brothers, one of the greatest dance numbers ever filmed.
https://youtu.be/_8yGGtVKrD8?si=f-g4k7Q3EOwbKlk0
Absolutely fantastic!
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It reminded me of the time I got to meet Harold Nicholas after a touring performance of The Tap Dance Kid. He was very nice to a fan who had seen all of his movies, which surprised him. One of my all-time favorite memories.
That is so cool, John!
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Gratuitous Post #200!!
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Rehearsal is going well.
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We're leaving the choreo for "Muder, Murder " I'm General Lord George Glossop and I'm the second one to be murdered in the song. ;D
I get an on-stage death!
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AND, as far as I can remember, I think this is the very first time I've played a character named George!
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Rehearsal is going well.
Great to hear that, George!
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It reminded me of the time I got to meet Harold Nicholas after a touring performance of The Tap Dance Kid. He was very nice to a fan who had seen all of his movies, which surprised him. One of my all-time favorite memories.
That is so cool, John!
I still marvel that I got the chance to meet him.
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AND, as far as I can remember, I think this is the very first time I've played a character named George!
As opposed to hearing George umpteen million times in Sunday …
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I’m starting to fade.
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But let’s leave Rupert in style.
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Page turn!
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Eight!
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Good night, all.
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Finished with my viewing and have shaved.
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It had been five days.
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Had a peanut butter and jam English muffin for snack and pill three happened.
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Epic pill day.
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But i have to admit that the bad eye isn't so bad right now in terms of droopy lid - it's pretty open now - not all the way but better .
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So, that's good.
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Still trying to get to the bottom of the site weirdness.
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It's slow right now.
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Right now it's slow.
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Maybe it's just for show.
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Who is to know?
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We like a nice flow.
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And the page count to grow.
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Not the status quo.
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Like a boat to row.
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Or a boat to tow.
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On a horse you say whoa.
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The kiddies like the word bro.
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Then again, I gotta crow.
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And get some dough.
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To and fro.
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Westward ho.
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A cup of Joe.
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High and low.
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Apparently, we're getting more of those bot attacks.
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The Attack of the Bots.
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Sounds like a Bert I. Gordon movie.
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Took me a couple tries to get the site to pop up.
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Pageth Eighteth
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I was wrong. This is Pageth Nineth.
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Who can keep track amid such a flurry.
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WWELATLBD?
(What would Enoch Light and the Light Brigade do?)
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New notes are written.
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Ah yes. New notes.
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Page nine is certainly fine.
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No complaints.
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May they be blessed.
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Not from the likes of me.
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New notes written? I am smitten.
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New notes are up.
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Up are new notes.
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I've seen them.
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I've read them.
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I wrote them.
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George has pooped out.