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[John G.]

Season four of Poldark coming soon. Season five will be its last, PBS announced.

[John G.]

Four!

[George]

Yes his car is STILL at the shop

Yikes!

[George]

I have a sore throat

~~~Feel-Better-Soon Vibes for Vixmom!!~~~

[George]

Last full day in Montreal. The temp dropped 30 degrees in a matter of days. Going from the high 80's/low 90's to the mid 50's.

Oh, my!  But at least you're not going from the 50s to the 20s!

[George]

I'm just back from Westchester Co. Airport, where I dropped off Kristi and Nathan for their long delayed Fifth Anniversary trip to Florida.

It's so long delayed that this is actually their SIXTH anniversary. Their plans all went to hell in a handbasket last year when she was suddenly faced with illness that resulted in two (count 'em) unexpected surgeries. They took that short interim trip to Savannah in February, which got them through the year with at least part of their sanity intact. But they really needed the real getaway, and now they've got it. They're doing the Disney thing -- two nights in the Polynesian, and five more at the French Quarter. This will be heavenly for them.

A Very Happy Anniversary and Trip to Kristi and Nathan!!

[George]

Let's be clear about this.

Interesting.  I've never heard of a sport pepper.  Are they spicy or mild?

[ChasSmith]

It's hot, but not too hot for my taste. (I can't take the super hot stuff.)

I believe I heard that some 90% of the entire crop of this variety goes to Chicago. I need to order some.

[ChasSmith]

I'm just back from Westchester Co. Airport, where I dropped off Kristi and Nathan for their long delayed Fifth Anniversary trip to Florida.

It's so long delayed that this is actually their SIXTH anniversary. Their plans all went to hell in a handbasket last year when she was suddenly faced with illness that resulted in two (count 'em) unexpected surgeries. They took that short interim trip to Savannah in February, which got them through the year with at least part of their sanity intact. But they really needed the real getaway, and now they've got it. They're doing the Disney thing -- two nights in the Polynesian, and five more at the French Quarter. This will be heavenly for them.

A Very Happy Anniversary and Trip to Kristi and Nathan!!

Thanks. They got there fine and are having a great (if hot and humid) time.

[bk]

The ex-wife and I LOVED Nathan's hot dogs in 1969, when we lived in NY.  They had the giant one in Times Square at 42nd Street (or 43rd?) - it was great.  And cheap.

[ChasSmith]

Their chili dog is just the right flavor and consistency, etc., for my taste.

[John G.]

I would have said the sports pepper was mild.

[ChasSmith]

I would have said the sports pepper was mild.

Right. That wouldn't surprise me, considering you can probably take whatever they throw at you.

[John G.]

I would have said the sports pepper was mild.

Right. That wouldn't surprise me, considering you can probably take whatever they throw at you.

Except ghost pepper. I don’t need that.

[Jane]

I'm just back from Westchester Co. Airport, where I dropped off Kristi and Nathan for their long delayed Fifth Anniversary trip to Florida.

It's so long delayed that this is actually their SIXTH anniversary. Their plans all went to hell in a handbasket last year when she was suddenly faced with illness that resulted in two (count 'em) unexpected surgeries. They took that short interim trip to Savannah in February, which got them through the year with at least part of their sanity intact. But they really needed the real getaway, and now they've got it. They're doing the Disney thing -- two nights in the Polynesian, and five more at the French Quarter. This will be heavenly for them.

A Very Happy Anniversary and Trip to Kristi and Nathan!!

Thanks. They got there fine and are having a great (if hot and humid) time.

good

[Jane]

I would have said the sports pepper was mild.

Right. That wouldn't surprise me, considering you can probably take whatever they throw at you.

[ChasSmith]

I have some very bizarre formatting weirdness going on with HHW.

It started in a single moment several days ago. I was in the process of posting something, and was aware of a split second when it seemed like I'd maybe clicked on something by accident. Whatever it was, the resulting post had strange formatting in it -- which I was able to correct, so I didn't initially think anything more of it. But that weirdness showed up again later, so I thought it might be the browser. I switched from Chrome to Firefox (on my Windows laptop), and that didn't fix it. Then I found that the weirdness happens in Safari on the iPad, so now it's cross-platform, but apparently only affecting my account on HHW. I haven't had any weirdness on any other website as of yet.

The latest thing I found is that I can't copy and paste text from anywhere else (whether a web site, or just Word) into the editing window here. It's either garbled, or completely replaced by dashes or some other symbol.

If anyone has a clue as to what kind of a problem this is, please speak up.

[ChasSmith]

I just turned off "show WYSIWYG editor by default" and that seems to allow my pasting in some plain text.

Could be a clue. Might even be a fix? We'll see...

[ChasSmith]

Vixmom, I couldn't help but be reminded, by your sad tale, of Lemon Laws. Don't know if any of this applies to your situation, but I found it interesting:

https://www.dmv.org/automotive-law/lemon-law.php

[elmore3003]

I just turned off "show WYSIWYG editor by default" and that seems to allow my pasting in some plain text.

Could be a clue. Might even be a fix? We'll see...

Do you need to turn it off and reboot?

[Jane]

i truly hope vixmom is not feeling as bad as i do.  at least i am home.

[ChasSmith]

I just turned off "show WYSIWYG editor by default" and that seems to allow my pasting in some plain text.

Could be a clue. Might even be a fix? We'll see...

Do you need to turn it off and reboot?

I had already rebooted both the PC and the iPad, neither of which helped since the problem seemed to be site specific. So I'm thinking this setting change I made is what needed to be done. Because ... so far, so good. I wonder if anyone else has the WYSIWYG option checked. It's in Profile, under Look and Layout.

[elmore3003]

Fenella Fielding, who was so wonderful in the comedy Carry On Screaming!, died today.  As Lady Parvula de Panzoust in Sandy Wilson's Valmouth, she had one of my favorite lyrics:
One of the footmen, as they oft do,
Looked very handsome with his livery on and off, too,
But it was only a passing phase.

[bk]

Back from a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich and some onion rings, picking up no important envelopes including the one that was supposed to be ready for me to pick-up (someone was sick, so it will be ready tomorrow at noon) and this has, in fact, been the damn day from hell and I must say if there was a lot of traffic outside the home environment I would seriously think about walking in front of several speeding cars.

[John G.]

Started Muriel Spark's Loitering With Intent. Some great barbs in the first chapter.

"Beryl didn't get it, but then, she was stupid."

[John G.]

There was nobody like Cary Grant. Just enjoying the heck out of The Awful Truth.

[George]

Well, I'm leaving work now.  It's not my end-of-work time, but I just don't want to stay any longer, so I won't.

Be back later.

[Jane]

There was nobody like Cary Grant. Just enjoying the heck out of The Awful Truth.

I have never embraced this film. 

[FJL]

Someone in the Times comments asked if "King Kong" on Broadway should be called "theatre."

It brought to mind this from William Goldman’s ”The Season” on Judy at the Palace:

The Broadway pro turned away.  “What do you think?” Someone asked him.  “Is it theatre?”
“Theatre?” The pro said.  “Is this theatre?  You bet your ass it’s theatre.  It sure as hell ain’t singing.”

[John G.]

There was nobody like Cary Grant. Just enjoying the heck out of The Awful Truth.

I have never embraced this film. 

What do you think of Philadelphia Story?