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Piglet
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That's rather more "interesting" than I'd like!
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... It should be 80 on Monday ...
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jedijudy
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Originally posted by Piglet:
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
... It should be 80 on Monday ...
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I'm sure it'll get cold again. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Wesley J
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Is there a Super Bowl thread, I wonder? - Coz I just watched all the Super Bowl ads on the WaPo website, and feel all Americanised now!
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Wesley J:
Is there a Super Bowl thread, I wonder? - Coz I just watched all the Super Bowl ads on the WaPo website, and feel all Americanised now!
There's a Super Bowl thread in the Circus. Or should that be Superb Owl?
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Wesley J
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Thank you very much, I hadn't seen that one, for some reason!
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jedijudy
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I am weak. I am shameful.
It's been so hot lately. (Wasn't I just complaining about the frigid weather recently?) The AC is on. It's not even half-way through February. I remember the good old days when I felt disgusted with myself for putting the AC on in June. Then it was May. Next thing you know, it will be on all year long.
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Rossweisse
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It might, if climate change continues at this rate.
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jedijudy
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That's what I'm afraid of, Rossweisse! Of course, my place might be under water then, so a moot point.
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Piglet
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Don't feel guilty, JJ - if you need air-con, you need it.
Because of the way the heating works in our new house, I frequently find myself turning on the ceiling-fan in our bedroom when I'm drying my hair, as it's just too warm (although in fairness that may be my age) ... ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Brenda Clough
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We were driving through Falls Church, VA this evening and saw a restaurant sign. It said:
Pho - Grill
Burrito Bowls
Only in America!
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Rossweisse
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Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
...Burrito Bowls ...
In case you need help with appetite suppression...
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Twilight
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Adam Rippon men's figure skating. I just love him, his breath taking skating, and the classy way he represents America and gay athletes.
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Ian Climacus
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4 hours in and the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade is still going. I give in. I'm taking my beads and heading to a restaurant for lunch (gumbo?). What an experience. And what a city.
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Ian Climacus
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Oh my. 16:20 and it's still going. Did not realise it was an all day parade.
In the French Quarter some unimpressed Christians were holding up signs about hell and repenting.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Ian Climacus:
... In the French Quarter some unimpressed Christians were holding up signs about hell and repenting.
Couldn't they have waited until tomorrow? ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Rossweisse
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We had a sedate Anglican Shrove Tuesday dinner of pancakes, bacon, and berries. (I don't think I'm up to a New Orleans-style Mardi Gras.)
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jedijudy
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The Clydesdales are in town this week!!! I hope to go see them, but think I'll be in opposite sides of town from them about every day.
Yes, I'm trying to up my post count. Why do you ask? ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
(Five more!)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Here in the Phoenix area we're having what my cousin Elizabeth of blessed memory (first cousin twice removed) would have called a "funny day." Chilly. Sunny this morning but it clouded over and rained just as the gardeners were mowing the lawn. They packed up and went home, and of course the sun came out. Periods of sun and clouds. Very windy. Glad to be indoors watching it all out the window.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Here in the Phoenix area we're having what my cousin Elizabeth of blessed memory (first cousin twice removed) would have called a "funny day." Chilly. Sunny this morning but it clouded over and rained just as the gardeners were mowing the lawn. They packed up and went home, and of course the sun came out. Periods of sun and clouds. Very windy. Glad to be indoors watching it all out the window.
You must have had all the rain (what there was of it) on your side of town. No rain here, nor in downtown Phoenix where I spent most of the morning. But we're sure getting the wind right now.
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
The Clydesdales are in town this week!!! I hope to go see them, but think I'll be in opposite sides of town from them about every day.
When we lived in New Hampshire, the Clydesdale stables were about ten miles from us. We used to go and see them regularly.
AFAIK there are several Clydesdale stables around the country, which is why they can appear in so many places.
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Rossweisse
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Yes, although we like to think that the Best Stables are in St. Louis, where The Brewery is located. (Tradition, you know.)
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jedijudy
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Over forty years ago, we would take a rare trip to Busch Gardens in Tampa. My favorite thing to do was to go to the Clydesdale stables there. They are such magnificent animals!!
This was such a long time ago. I remember that there were little kiosks scattered over the grounds where they would give folks a plastic cup of beer. For free! I've never been a beer drinker. shudder Tastes like bear sweat. I did wish they would have given out free water at those same kiosks.
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Lothlorien
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Judy, when I was about, Sydney had 6:00 pm closing of pub bars. There used to be a mad rush of workers to get the last few schooners in. Dad would take us on occasions to large shopping centre to cash his pay check at a big store and we had to walk oast one such pub.
The smell was disgusting and turned me off thinking about beer for many years. Dad did not drink it so I did not see it at home. Many, many years down the track, my sons , introduced me to good beer, much from small boutique breweries. Much to my surprise I liked it and while I never touch Fostersw or XXXX, I even buy good beer for my pantry. One stubby on a hot afternoon is a wonderful pick-me-up.
As to bear sweat, I know nothing about that.
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I once almost got trampled to death by Clydesdales. I was walking through a narrow alley on the edge of the Ohio State Fair when I heard a great noise and saw the whole Budweiser bunch bearing down on me. I flattened myself face first against the wall and saw the driver laughing at me as they passed by. In spite of the fear factor it was a thrill to be so close to those big hairy hooves. Beautiful things.
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jedijudy
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Twilight, that sounds terrifying!!! They're certainly beautiful animals, but they are huge!
Loth, when I was in Hood River, Oregon with my BFF and her son, we went to a beer tasting. My BFF doesn't drink at all, so her son, E, and I did the tasting, with me taking the first sip of each of the many (15? 16?) samples. If I liked it, I would put it to the side to finish later. If it tasted like bear sweat, I'd give it to E and he'd finish it for me!
These were all from small, local breweries, which was fun thinking about people putting their hearts and souls into something they were passionate about! There were actually a few that I didn't dislike! They were almost wine-like!
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Pigwidgeon
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jedijud, I'm really curious about how you know what bear sweat tastes like. I'm happy to say I've never tasted it.
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jedijudy
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Ahh, some things are too terrible to share, even among those of us who are such great friends! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Before I was diagnosed with asthma, I had to go to the hospital ER to have nebulizer treatments when I was a teen. Alas. That also tasted like bear sweat. ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
jedijud, I'm really curious about how you know what bear sweat tastes like. I'm happy to say I've never tasted it.
Newcastle ale (as sold in the US). That's the taste of bear sweat. When I consider that's what too many Americans believe English brown ale is about... ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif)
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Golden Key
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Ahh, some things are too terrible to share, even among those of us who are such great friends!
Before I was diagnosed with asthma, I had to go to the hospital ER to have nebulizer treatments when I was a teen. Alas. That also tasted like bear sweat.
Maybe they should just put beer in the nebulizer?
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jedijudy
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Originally posted by Golden Key:
Maybe they should just put beer in the nebulizer?
I think that's what it was!!!!
Oh, a productive day this morning...and I don't have to lift too many fingers! Lawn was mowed this morning by the three efficient guys I tried out last month. Now my piano is being tuned!!! Yay! All my fingers have to do is to pay these gentlemen!
There's nothing like playing a freshly tuned piano! ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Amen! Piano studio at the community college where I'm taking lessons is giving their midterm recital next Saturday. I'll be playing two Scarlatti sonatas: K27 in B minor and K380 in E major. Freshly tuned (I hope) Steinway grand.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Amen! Piano studio at the community college where I'm taking lessons is giving their midterm recital next Saturday. I'll be playing two Scarlatti sonatas: K27 in B minor and K380 in E major. Freshly tuned (I hope) Steinway grand.
I'm so disappointed that I can't be there.
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jedijudy
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Break a leg, Miss Amanda! Good for you! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Rossweisse
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Toi toi toi, Miss Amanda! (It's the operatic equivalent of "Break a leg," and it's supposed to be the sound of spitting three times. Theater people are gross sometimes.)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Originally posted by Rossweisse:
it's supposed to be the sound of spitting
I like patooey myself -- or ptui.
BTW -- I decided I'm only going to play the B minor Scarlatti. It's a little over five minutes, and that's plenty long for them to hear me. Others in the studio can regale them with longer works -- there's a boy who I think is going to play the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. And believe me, he plays it better than Liszt himself did!
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Rossweisse
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
I like patooey myself -- or ptui. ...
It's opera, darling. We do everything in our own special way.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Rossweisse:
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
I like patooey myself -- or ptui. ...
It's opera, darling. We do everything in our own special way.
It looks like I'll have to drag Miss Amanda to the opera one of these days.
(Seriously, let me know if you're interested.)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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At the risk of spawning a new thread . . .
I don't dislike opera, but I feel it's a rich folks' pastime. The last opera I attended was Madama Butterfly, and that was for a class assignment last year. Loved it, but I paid $80 for a seat in the back row of the balcony. Fortunately I could move up closer at intermission -- it wasn't sold out. But $80 buys me two weeks' worth of groceries (almost).
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The opera and ballet I have seen recently I've paid £6-£13 for tickets in the Gods, at the Royal Opera House or Coliseum (ENO), or for as cheap return tickets through a returns site, where I can end up in amazing seats.
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Rossweisse
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Opera combines all of the arts, and needs people skilled in them: musicians (singers and instrumentalists), dancers, artists and artisans (for designing and building sets and costumes), and people to make it all run. It's a very expensive business, and that's why tickets (whose prices rarely cover their real cost) are expensive.
There are usually special offers and other ways to see things, though.
Believe me, if were for rich people only, I would know very few operagoers. But I know many of them.
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We paid £26 each for good Upper Circle seats for La Forza del Destino in Cardiff last week - a top-notch performance. The most expensive seats were £48, don't know what the cheapest ones were. Very different to Covent Garden! The lead tenor was outstanding. In the summer we saw Rosenkavalier and it was one of the greatest opera performances I've ever seen.
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Ian Climacus
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I used to visit the opera when I lived in Sin City (Sydney). And I am definitely downstairs.
May I just say how polite you Americans are? Through all my travels people just couldn't do enough for me. I know serving staff rely on tips, but I had plenty of conversations with them, they assisted me with any questions I had (come here to a restaurant and get a I can't be arsed attitude), and those I met wanted to know all about me - even people in airports. And commiserated with one poor waitress after the most entitled people I have ever seen left. She seemed to appreciate the solidarity.
And the Southern accents. Oh my. I hope she was not offended but on leaving a plane I complimented a flight attendant, saying she had the best accent I had ever heard. Amazing.
I did not get used to being called Sir all the time (my socialist tendencies...), but when in Rome... I have fond memories, and many are of the people I met. So generous. And genuine.
You may have a crap President (another question I got asked on, my thoughts...I got theirs before I replied!) but your wonderfulness remains.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Thank you, kind sir.
Three years ago I studied Spanish for two weeks in Mexico City. One young man in the class was from Perth, Australia. I didn't detect an accent on his Spanish, but oh, wasn't his English heavenly! I loved speaking with him on those occasions when we felt like resorting to English.
I know that here in Arizona, as an expat New Yorker, I love to hear the New York accent on someone's voice. Instant flashbacks of nostalgia.
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jedijudy
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I had to post so we could get the Yankeevania thread to three pages!!
My orchids are blooming! They make me happy. It makes me happy that they all don't just die!
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Mine died. I'm glad yours are flourishing!
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Golden Key
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Miss Amanda--
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
At the risk of spawning a new thread . . .
I don't dislike opera, but I feel it's a rich folks' pastime. The last opera I attended was Madama Butterfly, and that was for a class assignment last year. Loved it, but I paid $80 for a seat in the back row of the balcony. Fortunately I could move up closer at intermission -- it wasn't sold out. But $80 buys me two weeks' worth of groceries (almost).
Yeah, such things are usually out of my budget range, too. Some alternatives:
--PBS television. The "Great Performances" series sometimes has opera. Might be available at the PBS site, too.
--DVDs or tapes from the library.
--Online. Probably YouTube and lots of other places.
--Matinee performances are usually cheaper.
--Sometimes, concert halls and theatres will let people usher, in exchange for free admittance.
--Colleges sometimes do opera productions, and should be much cheaper than professional opera. I don't think high schools usually do opera, unless maybe an arts magnet school. But worth checking.
If you're new to opera, I'd recommend some Gilbert & Sullivan light opera, like "Pirates of Penzance". Great fun. Also the two Figaro operas--IIRC, one by Mozart and one by Puccini.
FWIW, YMMV.
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Pigwidgeon
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Another option is The Met: Live in Hd, which is shown in movie theatres. I know there are venues on my side of town, and I assume there is at least one over by you. They’re live broadcasts on Saturdays, usually repeated a weekday evening.
Golden Key, there’s really only one Opera company in these parts -- Arizona Opera -- which does five operas a year. They do a weekend of two performances in Tucson and a weekend of three performances in Phoenix for each opera. In Phoenix it’s Friday evening, Saturday evening, and Sunday matinee -- and the Sunday matinee is the most popular and, I believe, a bit more expensive.
As far as the Figaro operas, “Barber of Seville” (Rossini, not Puccini) is being performed next weekend (March 9,10,11), and “Marriage of Figaro” will be in April of 2019.
Symphony Hall, where AZ Opera performs in Phoenix, does have volunteer ushers, but I think they expect you to usher for a variety of concerts, and I don’t know how much choice you have.
Our local university does have an opera company, but I think the quality of the performances has gone down in recent years. Also, one has to deal with students texting throughout the performance, families there only to see ”their” person and talking when “their” person isn’t on, etc. (I had a rather heated exchange with someone about that one a few months ago.)
Miss Amanda, I'll let you know of any good deals I may hear about.
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