Topic: BEING FRIDAY (Read 62492 times)

TCB · « **Reply #240 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:41:46 PM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on May 16, 2008, 08:02:19 AM

Just be glad he doesn't charge for those audiobook readings like he does for giving speaches. If he did, the title of the audiobook would be Taking: How I'm Making Sure I'll Never Go Hungry Again.

And Bill Clinton is the only political figure who charges for a speaking engagement?

singdaw · « **Reply #241 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:47:49 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 16, 2008, 03:41:46 PM

And Bill Clinton is the only political figure who charges for a speaking engagement?

You are quite right, DR TCB. I thought it, but didn't post it.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #242 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:47:52 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on May 16, 2008, 03:37:11 PM

But then, I live in Arizona.

Divine retribution for some moral mistep from your youth?

der Brucer

singdaw · « **Reply #243 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:48:46 PM »

DR Michael S., what extraordinary news! This is good for you, and GREAT for the kids that will be fortunate enough to be placed in your care. CONGRATULATIONS!

TCB · « **Reply #244 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:50:11 PM »

Quote from: George on May 16, 2008, 09:54:21 AM

I was watching the show from the DVR so it was too late to switch. I tried turning on the subtitles and there were none...at all! None for the entire episode. I don't know if it's my TV, DVR or what, but none of the hi-def shows that I've watched have subtitles. $:-\$ Not "Lost" or "Grey's Anatomy" from last night, or any.

Wouldn't you have to turn on the subtitles (closed captioning) before you recorded the program?

JMK · « **Reply #245 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:51:46 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 16, 2008, 03:50:11 PM

Wouldn't you have to turn on the subtitles (closed captioning) before you recorded the program?

MattH probably knows for sure, but I thought CC was encoded right into the broadcast signal.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #246 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:52:05 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 16, 2008, 03:41:46 PM

And Bill Clinton is the only political figure who charges for a speaking engagement?

No, and he's not much pricier than the know-it-all- talking heads on TV.

der Brucer

singdaw · « **Reply #247 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:52:08 PM »

Another lovely little packaged arrived today! Thanks, bk. And also my copy of Kerry Butler's new CD, along with the cast album of The Adding Machine.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #248 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:52:45 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 16, 2008, 03:50:11 PM

Wouldn't you have to turn on the subtitles (closed captioning) before you recorded the program?

Nope

der Brucer

TCB · « **Reply #249 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:52:55 PM »

I stopped at the Post Office on my way home and picked up two wonderful boxes of books. I am thrilled.

singdaw · « **Reply #250 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:57:48 PM »

Here is a home remedy that someone told me about for clearing blocked drains. [I thought long and hard about how to phrase that sentence, given this crowd!] In any case, it is supposed to be less harsh than Drano or Liquid Plummer, and a lot cheaper, too.

Empty approximately 1/3 cup of baking soda into the drain, and follow that with 3/4+ cup of white vinegar. It will fizzle and bubble. Let sit about 10 minutes, then pour a bunch of boiling water down the drain. Repeat as needed.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #251 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:58:00 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 16, 2008, 03:41:46 PM

And Bill Clinton is the only political figure who charges for a speaking engagement?

I wish he were still president. I don't think we'd be in the current mess we're in. I'd pay to hear him speak.

TCB · « **Reply #252 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:58:01 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on May 16, 2008, 10:19:41 AM

Beware the Big Red Blob that's eating Seattle!

Coleslaw, did you have to look up Issaquah on Google?

singdaw · « **Reply #253 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:59:29 PM »

Caught up with "Lost." Wow!

singdaw · « **Reply #254 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:00:24 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 16, 2008, 03:58:01 PM

Coleslaw, did you have to look up Issaquah on Google?

Nope! I know my Twin Peaks lore!

singdaw · « **Reply #255 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:03:09 PM »

This evening, for the commute home, I entertained myself with WING singing all her greatest Andrew Lloyd-Webber hits. The cringeworthy moments came at me, fast and furious. I am sure drivers near me who happed to glance up wondered what on earth I was cackling about.

TCB · « **Reply #256 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:05:36 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on May 16, 2008, 12:16:32 PM

I have had three cell phones to date and have not bonded with any of them. I have found none of them comfortable or well-designed. I do not want more features; I want basic features that are easy to use.

PS And my fingers aren't pudgy.

Well, I didn't say they were!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #257 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:06:59 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 16, 2008, 03:58:01 PM

Coleslaw, did you have to look up Issaquah on Google?

Where he lives, everything west of the Hudson is considered Frontier America.

der Brucer

singdaw · « **Reply #258 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:08:44 PM »

Perhaps I'll have to follow it up with "WING SINGS THE CARPENTERS" next.

singdaw · « **Reply #259 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:10:06 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on May 16, 2008, 04:06:59 PM

everything west of the Hudson is considered Frontier America.

Howdy, cowboy! Sure do admire those chaps and spurs!

singdaw · « **Reply #260 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:11:24 PM »

Does this cellphone make my fingers look fat?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #261 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:13:49 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 16, 2008, 03:52:55 PM

I stopped at the Post Office on my way home and picked up two wonderful boxes of books. I am thrilled.

Having read this, I rushed to my local post office on my way home from work to see if I could get some.. Alas, they had no boxes of books for me or anyone. They didn't seem to know what I was asking them for.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #262 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:14:18 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on May 16, 2008, 04:11:24 PM

Does this cellphone make my fingers look fat?

No, but those three Snickers candy wrappers do.

TCB · « **Reply #263 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:15:41 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on May 16, 2008, 12:25:49 PM

DR Jeanne - my only knowledge and contacts are in the field of corporate executive relocation, I'm afraid.

I'd second the advice other DRs have offered...go with a known, "national" firm. Perhaps get two bids, to compare. They'll usually come out and survey your goods for free.

Are you allowed to return the favor?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #264 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:16:12 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on May 16, 2008, 03:58:00 PM

I wish he were still president. I don't think we'd be in the current mess we're in. I'd pay to hear him speak.

We wouldn't be in this mess if the man who actually got the most popular votes in 2000 had won the presidency.

And we wouldn't be in this mess if Kerry had taken Ohio (if he actually DIDN'T take it, that is).

singdaw · « **Reply #265 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:17:01 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 16, 2008, 04:14:18 PM

No, but those three Snickers candy wrappers do.

You weren't supposed to look when I was stuffing them surreptitiously behind the potted palm.

singdaw · « **Reply #266 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:18:10 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 16, 2008, 04:15:41 PM

Are you allowed to return the favor?

It has probably happened, from time to time.

singdaw · « **Reply #267 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:22:22 PM »

DR TCB, can you sit out on a balcony veranda of a lovely summer's day, watching the buff boys pass by into the park below, a cool breeze at your forehead, and a lovely libation at your side?

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #268 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:26:47 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 16, 2008, 04:16:12 PM

We wouldn't be in this mess if the man who actually got the most popular votes in 2000 had won the presidency.

But then we would be a dictatorship of the majority, and not a representative democray.

der Brucer

elmore3003 · « **Reply #269 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:27:28 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on May 16, 2008, 04:11:24 PM

Does this cellphone make my fingers look fat?

It makes your mouth look enormous!

I see today on eBay someone's selling a vocal score to THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF. Hmmm . . .

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