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[MichaelG]

I recently got a new primary care physician and dermatologist. Both of those doctors were about my age so it made sense they retired around the same time I did.

[MichaelG]

Fortunately my new ones are good. My former primary care doctor was a jazz pianist so we bonded over music; I even saw him once at the big NAMM trade show!

[MichaelG]

My new primary care doctor is from Detroit so we bond over that. Not quite as good as the music but she's a fine doctor.

[MichaelG]

My rheumatologist says he's not retiring any time soon; he's the oldest of my current crew. I wouldn't think my dentist or optometrist would be retiring soon either given their ages.

[MichaelG]

Freddie, even though Nobody's Side sounds like it has good advice, taking advice from Florence about anything other than chess doesn't seem all that wise to me. 

[MichaelG]

Our last film class is tonight - it's supposed to be Gold Diggers of 1933, unless he changes his mind.

[MichaelG]

My wife and I will miss this class. Stanford's moving it online, and we both had enough "Zoom for fun" during the pandemic to last a lifetime.

[Freddie]

Freddie, even though Nobody's Side sounds like it has good advice, taking advice from Florence about anything other than chess doesn't seem all that wise to me. 

LOL!  That's probably why back in the 1980's, I never paid attention to the wisdom that's in the lyric - which is probably more Tim Rice's wisdom than Florence's.  I'd never really looked at the lyric back then. 

At least from what I've followed of the various plots, the irony might be that she rattled off these carefully scanned and rhymed rules, but "violates" just about all of them.

[Freddie]

And maybe part of the reason I'd never really looked at the lyric back then was there was no internet yet.

[Jrand75]

Sad news DR ELMORE.

[Jrand75]

DR MICHAELG has some talented physicians.

[Jrand75]

I think I have forgotten to mention that I read last month or so that the free tax filing software for federal returns [that could be used by a LOT of folks filing basic income tax] was no longer available this year.

Some seem to think it is connected to a LARGE donation given to 47 by TurboTax.

[bk]

Freddie - it had gone to spam - just retrieved it - many thanks!

[Jane]

From DR George,

I hate it when that happens...and it's happened to me twice this year!

Vibes you are pleased with the new dermatologist, once you find one.

Thanks, Jane.  I did see another dermatologist and she seemed very nice, so, so far, I'm happy.

Excellent.

[Jane]

I don't know when I had my first McDonalds.  I doubted I rushed back.

When we lived in our first house in Reseda there was a McDonalds walking distance.  We would buy a cheeseburger without the meat, take it home and put our own veggie burger in it.  After we had Bryan, and he was old enough, we would go for fries.  Our babysitter worked there and told me to order the fries without salt, then they would have to make a fresh batch.  He was right, they were much better.

Jane, did you know that McDonald's fries used to be fried in beef tallow, and even now they still contain "natural beef flavor"?

I did not know that. 

[Jane]

So I found a job in pizza delivery at a local place. That was more fun and had better food.

It sounds like a better job to me.

[Rodzinski]

Burger Chef! That was the best. For a kid, they beat McDonald’s and Burger King to the whole Happy Meal concept. Their kids packaging had great toys, games, riddles, a lollipop…

[Rodzinski]

Lum’s was another one Charles brought up that I liked but barely made it into the ‘80s.

[Rodzinski]

My earliest years in Merrillville, Indiana, I lived near an area of much expansion and a new mall, and I had a McD’s and BK less than a mile away. BK had a playground that was like a quarter acre of stuff to play on. Just massive fun. The McDonald’s had a functioning waterwheel inside and a Wild West theme. They seemed quite magical.

[Rodzinski]

When we moved to then-rural Crown Point, there was no McDonald’s. When it opened, it was like a town celebration.

[Rodzinski]

I probably need an MRI on my right shoulder as I cannot lift my arm above my head. Something is amiss.

[Rodzinski]

It has been for awhile but I thought it was getting better. It isn’t.

[ChasSmith]

I have no physicians with any interests I can bond with. Literally the only thing that comes to mind is the anesthesiologist at my last Roto-Rootering (a.k.a. colonoscopy) who liked that I had lived in California, as he had. So instead of having me count backwards or anything, he had me describe my route driving up the coast from L.A. to wherever. I hardly got past Malibu before I was out.

[Freddie]

Freddie - it had gone to spam - just retrieved it - many thanks!

You're welcome! 

[Freddie]

I probably need an MRI on my right shoulder as I cannot lift my arm above my head. Something is amiss.

Vibes it's something very easy to treat!

[ChasSmith]

I probably need an MRI on my right shoulder as I cannot lift my arm above my head. Something is amiss.

I had that some ten years ago, first in one shoulder and later in the other. It would take, say, several weeks to get really bad, and then several more weeks to gradually ease up and go away by itself. It was some kind of "frozen shoulder" thing. Never had it since. Damndest thing.

[ChasSmith]

My earliest years in Merrillville, Indiana, I lived near an area of much expansion and a new mall, and I had a McD’s and BK less than a mile away. BK had a playground that was like a quarter acre of stuff to play on. Just massive fun. The McDonald’s had a functioning waterwheel inside and a Wild West theme. They seemed quite magical.

You're right. Even for those who don't have kids, those were attractive and magical places. I wonder how many still exist. The remodels now are just awful. You don't even want to do anything but use the drive-thru. And of course that's the intention. They don't want customers anymore, just their money via the drive-thrus or deliveries, etc.

[Freddie]

Very thought provoking concept: that they just want the money, without the customers.

[Jane]

My earliest years in Merrillville, Indiana, I lived near an area of much expansion and a new mall, and I had a McD’s and BK less than a mile away. BK had a playground that was like a quarter acre of stuff to play on. Just massive fun. The McDonald’s had a functioning waterwheel inside and a Wild West theme. They seemed quite magical.

I have been to a few McDonalds with a play area.  These seem really nice.

[Jane]

When we lived in Conneticut we had an exchange student for a couple of weeks.  I think in total about ten children came for the program and then Bryan went there for two weeks.

We took a bus trip to NYC for the day.  For lunch we went to a fancy two story Wall Street McDonald's.  I was amazed and appreciated the fresh salad I had for lunch.  There was also a piano player for entertainment.