Topic: ZOOM (Read 15481 times)

bk · « **Reply #30 on:** October 07, 2004, 09:25:27 AM »

And one for Mahler.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #31 on:** October 07, 2004, 09:33:29 AM »

I'd really like to do New England in the fall.

I'd like to actually get out of London more than I do when I go to England and see other parts of the country, but I can't stop booking theatre. The Lovely Wife and I will try to take some day trips this time to Bath and Stonehenge and I really should at some point get up to Stratford-On-Avon. But...lots of good theatre this go-round.

One particular place I'd like to visit in Great Britain is Hay-On-Wye...the town in Wales that is made up of practically nothing but bookshops.

I've also often wanted to just take off in my Caravan and do a book hunt across the United States, stopping in little by-the-way towns and even big towns. I've done much of the East and most of the South and Southern West. But I've never done New England, the prairie states of middle America, or the northern Western states. Nor Hawaii or Alaska.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #32 on:** October 07, 2004, 09:38:54 AM »

The new refrigerator is here! The new refrigerator is here!!!

-Now I'm trying to decide if I want to switch the doors around, and if I really want to put on the door handles.... Decisions, decisions...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #33 on:** October 07, 2004, 10:03:09 AM »

...Or I could just sit here falling asleep on the couch...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #34 on:** October 07, 2004, 10:45:53 AM »

OK... Time for me to be productive... Or at least go for a walk...

Laters.

Ben · « **Reply #35 on:** October 07, 2004, 10:58:53 AM »

Jose, you just posted the 69,000 and 69,001 messages. You're on a roll!

bk · « **Reply #36 on:** October 07, 2004, 11:33:38 AM »

Quote from: Charles Pogue on October 07, 2004, 09:33:29 AM

One particular place I'd like to visit in Great Britain is Hay-On-Wye...the town in Wales that is made up of practically nothing but bookshops.

For a minute I misread that and thought you wanted to go to Ham-on-Wye.

Well, we can now begin our official countdown to our next landmark - 70,000 postings in Daily Discussion board here at haineshisway.com. I think this month is also not only the anniversary of this site, but also the anniversary of our new board - is that right?

Noel · « **Reply #37 on:** October 07, 2004, 11:38:45 AM »

Yes, to go to Venice just to sing Someone Woke Up is a wonderful idea.

When I was in London, I went to all sorts of places just to sing the songs that mention them. Yes, Battersea Park for London Is a Bit of All Right from The Girl Who Came To Supper. Picadilly: If You're Anxious For To Shine from Patience. Petticoat Lane on a Sunday Morning from Blitz. A Nightingale (and I) sang on Berkeley Square. And, on Wimpole Street, On the Street Where You Live.

There were at least a dozen more.

Noel · « **Reply #38 on:** October 07, 2004, 11:39:34 AM »

And right now I could go for a Ham-on-Wye

Wye?

Because I LIKE IT!

George · « **Reply #39 on:** October 07, 2004, 11:51:54 AM »

Quote from: Dan-in-Toronto on October 07, 2004, 09:17:11 AM

In London, I gave myself a Tessie O'Shea/Ada Cockle (London Is A Little Bit of All Right) tour: Bow Bells, Big Ben, Up to the heath and down again, Battersea Park, and Kew Gardens.

The one time I went to London, we (my sister, niece and I) walked Fleet Street and our hotel was a couple of blocks from South Lambeth. We didn't get to do the Lambeth walk, though.

I'd love to go back, but there are a lot of places that I've never been to: Australia, Ireland, anywhere in Asia. My ex-boyfriend (we're still good friends) is from Pakistan. Maybe at a time of political rest.

Basically, lots of places. I'm not too pickly. I don't think that I'd say that I wouldn't want to go somewhere, especially if someone else was paying!

George · « **Reply #40 on:** October 07, 2004, 11:53:11 AM »

Quote from: Ben on October 07, 2004, 10:58:53 AM

Jose, you just posted the 69,000 and 69,001 messages. You're on a roll!

I actually did a screen capture when I logged in and saw it (and it's not faked):

Jennifer · « **Reply #41 on:** October 07, 2004, 12:01:02 PM »

Quote from: bk on October 07, 2004, 11:33:38 AM

For a minute I misread that and thought you wanted to go to Ham-on-Wye.

And BK, I misread yours and thought you said ham and rye.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #42 on:** October 07, 2004, 12:03:38 PM »

Quote from: Noel on October 07, 2004, 11:38:45 AM

Yes, to go to Venice just to sing Someone Woke Up is a wonderful idea.

When I was in London, I went to all sorts of places just to sing the songs that mention them. Yes, Battersea Park for London Is a Bit of All Right from The Girl Who Came To Supper. Picadilly: If You're Anxious For To Shine from Patience. Petticoat Lane on a Sunday Morning from Blitz. A Nightingale (and I) sang on Berkeley Square. And, on Wimpole Street, On the Street Where You Live.

There were at least a dozen more.

I too went to Petticoat Lane, thanks to Blitz (but not on a Sunday Morning). Also: Portobello Road (Bedknobs and Broomsticks).l

Ben · « **Reply #43 on:** October 07, 2004, 12:16:13 PM »

When we were in London this Christmas we were on Fleet Street, but we saw no demon barbers. In fact, I don't think Mr. Todd would have recognized his old stomping grounds.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #44 on:** October 07, 2004, 12:26:15 PM »

With so many of us pining for a trip to Venice, maybe we all should charter a tour for spring of next year.

Ann · « **Reply #45 on:** October 07, 2004, 01:14:07 PM »

Dan - oh what a tour bus that would be! Blasting show tunes, singing out the bus windows at passers by...it would be a grand old time.

Good news! I got a job! Well, at least, a weekend job. This does not end my quest for full time employment by any means, but it does pad the monthly income a bit, so that's nice. I will be working as a Family Support Services Specialist. That is a fancy way of saying I'll be picking kids up at foster homes, daycare places, and the like, and schlepping them to and from visitations with parents, observing the visits, and making notes of everything. Hey, a job is a job, right?? And since my goal is to work with children as a therapist, it's good training...

Matt H. · « **Reply #46 on:** October 07, 2004, 01:43:51 PM »

Didn't get any DVDs watched today. I spent all afternoon shopping with a friend while his car was worked on. I was the fetch-and-carry person. Still, it was a different way to pass the afternoon.

bk · « **Reply #47 on:** October 07, 2004, 02:13:16 PM »

Might I just ask this simple question: Where in tarnation IS everyone? You'd think we were in the middle of summer during a holiday weekend. Most unseemly.

George · « **Reply #48 on:** October 07, 2004, 02:19:28 PM »

Last night I went to Costco and bought the new 2-DVD set of "Aladdin." It came with a two-track CD containing the songs "One Jump Ahead with the vocal talents of Brad Kane" and "A Whole New World with the vocal talents of Brad Kane and Lea Salonga." Isn't that exciting? Isn't that just too too?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #49 on:** October 07, 2004, 02:39:48 PM »

I have been to Ireland - as beautiful as you might imagine, but also such poverty....

London - very exciting....you're walking along and suddenly there is Buckingham Palace....I always thought these historical places were out in great gardens...but they are in the middle of a huge big CITY. Everyone is speaking English, but it sure sounds different when THEY say it!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #50 on:** October 07, 2004, 02:41:12 PM »

DRWEL sent me my "care" package today. What a lot of wonderful programs! It's not as good as being there....but I am just one step removed!

Everything looks great. And so many intriguing new musicals!

TOP GUN the Musical
ALTAR BOYZ the Christian Boy Band Musical (Matthew, Mark, Luke & Juan!)

Jrand74 · « **Reply #51 on:** October 07, 2004, 02:47:55 PM »

DRJAY thank you so much. Yes, HHW'er's - here it is the Hollywood home of Miss Allison Hayes!

Lovely!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #52 on:** October 07, 2004, 02:49:01 PM »

I am thinking this "at home" photo session from 1955 took place here, when the bannister was cement rather than pipe!

Jay · « **Reply #53 on:** October 07, 2004, 02:59:50 PM »

Quote from: JRand54 on October 07, 2004, 02:47:55 PM

DRJAY thank you so much. Yes, HHW'er's - here it is the Hollywood home of Miss Allison Hayes!

Lovely!

Hoo and ray! The photos made their way safely to you!

Mission accomplished!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #54 on:** October 07, 2004, 03:10:13 PM »

Quote from: JRand54 on October 07, 2004, 02:38:06 PM

"Here I stands in Picadilly Circus
Eros stands in Trafalgar Square..." A Leslie Bricusse reference, correct after many years thanks to DR CHARLES POGUE.

I'm not quite sure what was said by whom, but each time I've been to London (and London IS London IS England is Home), Eros stood atop his perch in Picadilly Circus, and Nelson stood atop his pedestal in Trafalgar Square.

Thus Leslie Bricusse put it in a lyric for "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," and thus it was during my visits in 1973 and 1984.

"Eros stands in Picadilly Circus, (http://www.beautiful-london.co.uk/picadilly.htm)
"Nelson stands in Trafalgar Square (http://www.travellondon.com/templates/attractions/gallery_trafalgar.html)..."

It's the lyric Petula Clark sings (in heavy Cockney), and it is geographically correct.

Sandra · « **Reply #55 on:** October 07, 2004, 03:10:48 PM »

OY!! Homework!!

Sandra · « **Reply #56 on:** October 07, 2004, 03:11:22 PM »

And...

OY!! Midterms!!

bk · « **Reply #57 on:** October 07, 2004, 03:29:47 PM »

We must have a ferocious festive frenzy of felicitous postings, no? We must. We must be gay and carefree and post of whatever comes into our various and sundried craniums. Let us be bountiful.

bk · « **Reply #58 on:** October 07, 2004, 03:30:11 PM »

In other words, let's shake our bootays and post.

bk · « **Reply #59 on:** October 07, 2004, 03:30:26 PM »

And one for Mahler and his bootay.

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