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[bk]

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were very French, and now it is time for you to post until the French cows come home.

[bk]

And the word of the day is: IMMENSE!

[George]

I was just about to post this last night.

Where'd his burrito get to?

I actually had a Taco Bell Burrito Supreme with extra beef tonight last night.  It dripped on my hands and shirt a bit, but was very good, as usual.

[Rodzinski]

Red Balloon was shown to me in kindergarten, but as you say, no dialogue. So what was my first? Did I go from Le Ballon Rouge right to L’Age D’Or? Had to be something in between there. Maybe L’Annee Dernière a Marienbad. Not sure. Maybe Manon of the Spring.

[Rodzinski]

As I am currently trying to learn French, I need to start watching these movies.

[George]

Red Balloon was shown to me in kindergarten, but as you say, no dialogue. So what was my first? Did I go from Le Ballon Rouge right to L’Age D’Or? Had to be something in between there. Maybe L’Annee Dernière a Marienbad. Not sure. Maybe Manon of the Spring.

I remember seeing The Red Balloon in school, too!  Otherwise, I haven't seen many French Film in French. But certainly, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a favorite, as is The Triplets of Belleville.

[Rodzinski]

Umbrellas of Cherbourg reminds me of this other film, anyone know the title? I think it’s Italian. Black and white. A big homeless encampment and the govt is trying to dismantle it. It ends with all the poor people flying away on umbrellas and broomsticks, singing a defiant song as they soar away.

[Rodzinski]

You can order extra beef? Who knew?

[George]

You can order extra beef? Who knew?

Yes, most, if not all, items are customizable.

[George]

Wordle 1,274 3/6

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[George]

[bk]

Rodzinski, it's Miracle in Milan, a wonderful film of De Sica. I watch it once a year.

[singdaw]

Good morning, friends.

[singdaw]

And others.

[singdaw]

I know not from French.

[singdaw]

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[singdaw]

 

[singdaw]

That's the sorrowful precis.

[elmore3003]

Good morning, all!

[elmore3003]

It's very chilly this morning. When the alarm rang  at 5:30, I was cuddled up with Thatch and Annabelle, so I slept in. I got up at 6:30 wqhen three rambunctious cats were raising hell for breakfast.

[singdaw]

He promised his wife it would fit.

[elmore3003]

I'm a little melancholy this morning.  Today would have been my dad's 103 birthday. After 17 years, I still miss him. I hardly ever think of my mother; there's too much anger and resentment for her madness and other shortcoming, but I miss my dad every day.

[Laura]

Good morning.

[John G.]

Good morning, all.

[John G.]

My mother wanted me to make her meatloaf on her last Christmas she was in her house. I used Ina Garten’s recipe but cut back on the breadcrumbs so it wasn’t too carby. It did have a ketchup glaze, as I recall.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/meat-loaf-recipe-1921718.amp

[John G.]

Mom’s meatloaf was never very good. I think she doubled up on the breadcrumbs so as to make it more budget friendly. Whatever it was, it was dry.

[John G.]

I think the first French movie I saw was Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast. It was on an afternoon TV matinee. It may have been dubbed. But I was heavily influenced by the visuals and remembered it clearly years later. I especially remembered the arms holding the candelabras.

[John G.]

When I started going to foreign films in high school, I remember seeing Cat and Mouse, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shore, The Lady in Red, The Marquise of O, The 400 Blows, The Wild Child and The Green Room among others. Truffaut was my favorite of the French directors.

[John G.]

I have too long a day ahead of me.

[John G.]

But first …