That’s horrible. Glad you are keeping on top of this.
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That’s horrible. Glad you are keeping on top of this.
Yes, I opened the last door, heard a rip and the door tipped about 8 inches forward before I caught it. If I had not held it up all five doors were attached and the tape had given way all the way down the whole length. Only one layer of duct tape was holding the set of five glass doors to the wall. After lunch we are going back up to buy our window shades at Lowes and then a stop at the store with the door issue. I am going to photograph it.
Old stuff is not necessarily simpler.
The Ellen Show has hilarious bits with millennials trying to figure out old stuff like
1) how to use a rotary phone
. 2) how to re fold a large map
3) how to use a manual typewriter
the rotary phone segment is a scream! They have no idea they are supposed to pick up the ear piece before dialing. She didnt know how to make the numbers work
We were never early adopters of the latest technology. Back in 1990, we still had a rotary dial wall phone--everyone else had push buttons. One of my son's friends came in and asked if he could use the phone to call his mother and I told him the phone was in the kitchen. I heard nothing but silence, and a few minutes later he came back out of the kitchen and headed for the door.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
"Did you call your mother?" I asked him, because he clearly didn't speak with anyone that I could hear. He said "No. I couldn't figure out how to use your phone." That was back in 1990!!
Jeremy Strong did not get a Golden Globes nomination for his work in Succession.
Instead they rewarded the actor from S3 of The Crown who played Prince Phillip. This actor was forgettable other than his direct mimicry of the real life Prince Charles. The entire production was lackluster and deserved no writing or acting awards.
my number one boy, Kendall/ Jeremy Strong lost out.
well, there is always the Emmys.
My back has decided to go out, with ensuing agony, leaving me unable to do much except try to stand in a comfortable position, since lying down and sitting down are worse.
Didn't see Succession, but I just started on the The Crown. So far don't see much award-winning acting in Prince Philip.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I didn't know the nominations came out today.. so I just looked them over.
I'm really happy Rocketman and Taron Egerton are nominated. I loved that movie--and I think Egerton did an awesome job in it.
I really, really want to see Marriage Story--which you/Tybee referenced in another post. I LOVE Adam Driver, and Scarlett Johansson is good, too. (Obnoxious name dropping: My son and I had dinner in a country restaurant in the Catskills with Scarlett Johansson and her mother when she and my son were in the same independent film. My son had a bit part, and she was the star but they were the same age (about 9) so they hung out together on the set.)
Oh no, I am so sorry and hope you feel better soon!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
I'm so sorry to hear that, Tybee!! Nothing worse than back pain! Are you going to see a doctor?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
I like celebrity stories! And one with ScarJo is nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
I saw A Marriage Story over the weekend. It is very good. Adam Driver is a force and is getting work all over the place in all kinds of roles.i keep thinking about how he was a standout in that ridiculous show Girls where he had to get nekkid with that ridiculous main character. He has left them all in the dust.
I found S3 of The Crown to be disappointing. The writing doesn’t seem to be as interesting as in the first two seasons. I do certainly like Olivia what’s her name who now plays the title role. The beauty of Claire Foy and the actress who played her sister elevated the first two seasons.
Sorry to hear, back pain keeps one from doing normal life stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
I see the chiropractor monthly to manage my back pain. Sometimes it goes out so bad I need to take muscle relaxers so the muscles don’t pull my back out after a adjustment.
On Day 14 of a nasty cold it has turned to a raging middle ear infection, both ears. It is making me very dizzy and exhausted to be upright for more than a few minutes. Will I EVER get a sense of normalcy and health back into my life?????? Enough already!
Wishing you to feel much better soon and enjoy a wonderful time during the holidays.
My husband was sick for a week and I was so happy I didn’t get it. Woke up with it this morning and with my asthma always lasts longer.
Just be careful what you wish for. My 103 year old house had 1940's metal cabinetry painted white, my 1930's cottage has original wooden cabinets painted white, and my 1960 current house has white laminate cabinets that were probably put in in around 2010. The metal's great, the wood's great, and the laminate is absolutely appalling. it's impossible to clean and always looks disgusting, it's starting to peel, and the "wood" underneath is particleboard so it's falling apart. Yick, yuck and no thank you, I'm pretty sure I'm not going for white next time around (at least not cheap white), the kitchen would look better if I piled all the dishes on the floor.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
An Open Letter to my inlaws and their teenage kids:
Your letter gives me pause,
for I am not Santa Claus.
While I wish you all good cheer
you write us once a year.
"Registry herein",
you pass off with a grin.
You never send a thanks,
have you confused us with your banks?
Sorry folks but Christmas ain't a wedding,
you're getting what you're getting.
This year they even added that if we wanted to send gift cards, we should buy them through SIL, as she gets some kind of rebate for that.
Lib, that’s truly awful! Send them stockings with a lump of coal:))
this is great!Quote:
Originally Posted by kib
Lol, TT, I almost added a line that said, "lucky your bro is family of ole', cuz I'd'a sent a lump of coal."!Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
These are the best hot pad holders in the world. They are dense and pliable. Someone made them for me some years ago and it is the second set I have from her. They are wearing out and I cannot ask her to make me another set.
Each year someone else sends me hand knitted versions because she thinks I like knited potholders but the ones she sends yearly are useless. They do not protect my hands from heat they are not dense. I hate them. Into the trash they go.
Between yesterday‘s mail and today’s mail we got a slew of holiday cards I don’t care about, I just threw them in the trash after opening.
Today’s mail brought a book of travel photos from one of our financial guys. So unnecessary. I’ll have to keep it around for a bit until I can offload it to a booksale. And of course I have to spend my time writing a thank you note.
It’s the 19th and I am so over this holiday. I was enjoying it until today but I’m done.
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Sneak attack: in Hermann where we have a weekend house DH is, as I have said many times, deforesting the scrubby trees and near-dead trees in the tiny grove at the bottom of our hill. Sadly, we will probably have to take down two nice maple shade trees in front of this house because they are in the way of our planned garage. That is really too bad and
i am sincerely bummed by it. On one side of the house we have a gorgeous huge bald cypress, that, while slightly annoying for dropping its needles all over the place, is generally a good tree. It is an eye cAtcher, perfectly formed and fully mature. It factored into our decision to renovate the existing 1941 cottage rather than tear it down and build new. We didnt want to kill it the cypress tree.
so now, we find it has snuck its long tendrils of roots into our sewer system. That is gratitude for ya.
TLDR: trees= can’t trust ‘em
That’s funny IL. So does the tree have to go or is there a way to keep it? We had to dig up a rose bush that did the same thing.
OhQuote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
i suppose we will continue to coddle the cypress, and will clean out the sewer. We dont yet know how badly the roots have infiltrated.
We have not yet started construction on our cottage. And now, we’ve heard through the grapevine that a lot next to our property could be purchase, widening our property on the cypress side and making it even more attractive for a new build.
if we had any brains we would raze the house and the tree and just build a new house. Serve it right.
What about that very special wall mural? Could it be moved to a new house?
Have you tried Rootx?
The wall mural WAS moved. The historical society paid to have it removed, repaired, and rehung in town. So that is great!Quote:
Originally Posted by razz
we havent tried anything yet beyond a quick snaking.we just found out about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
I hope you can find a way to spare the maples. We lost one a couple of years ago when it got struck by lightning, and the yard lost a lot of its appeal. It was one of a trio, very very old and large. Broke my heart,and the setting not nearly so pretty.
It is possible that one them may stay, depends on architectural plans. Funnily enough our architect lives across the street and he is lamenting the absence of these maple, all the while making up,the plans to do them in! Haha. they are really pretty and in the prime of their life, so it is sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
What kind of maples? We had two big silver maples in our front yard. They eventually rotted from the inside-out and ended up being a huge mess. I was not sorry to see them go.
My rant today is about Social Security. Not only can adults just off the boat who never paid into the system collect, but so can children. I know of multiple families, US citizens in the cases I am aware of but it may not be limited to them, who collect $650 a month plus a state supplement per disabled child. They also automatically qualify for Medicaid as a result. These are children who attend regular schools but are "on the autism spectrum" or have "oppositional defiance disorder" or other not easily measurable conditions. I thought if you have kids you should be prepared to support them, and should anticipate they may have medical issues and be prepared to support them when they are sick. With welfare reform it seems the new way to support yourself off your kids is to apply and appeal and apply again until you get your kids declared disabled.
So people at the top and the bottom are living at the expense of the increasingly squeezed middle.
And adults who are legitimately disabled don't get benefits when they need them, but kids whose parents should be supporting them don't.
Silver maples are fairly junky. Our trees in Hermann are not that, unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
Movie prices. Even with senior citizen ticket discounts, two of us at movies, sharing one drink and popcorn, was twenty nine dollars for a matinee.
Exactly! We were trying to think of things to do yesterday, and we thought about going to the movies, but a month ago we went to see 1917 and as you said it was $28-$29... we hadn't been to the movies in probably years, and while we did appreciate the new reclining seats, it didn't make up for the exorbitant price--and I even smuggled our own soda into the theater.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
So we wound up going for a long walk, getting in our 10k steps on the boardwalk at Asbury Park, and then stopping along the way for a burger. It was MUCH nicer than sitting in the movies.
We have 2 older movie theaters that are 5 before 6pm. We never eat or drink there. We go to a lot of movies.
I went to a movie yesterday and the senior citizen price was seven dollars and some cents. I usually don’t eat or drink there, but I understand that the movie theater makes a A lot of their money at the concession stand and I always feel a little bad about that.
If I hit that same movie theater again in the next few days I think I’ll get a glass of wine if I go in the evening. I don’t need their fat laden snack food. This is the art house movie theater that has five screens and no new seats recline and that’s fine with me.
As much as I love sunshine and blue skies, it just feels wrong to have 75 degree weather in winter with no signs of rain anywhere on the horizon. I was sweating when I got back from running errands. My pets are all outside sunning themselves and napping, oblivious to climate change and what it all means. Ahhh, the pleasure of blissful ignorance... I wish I had it too.
ETA: or rather, I wish I had MORE of it. :laff:
Automobile troubles. We have had nothing but bad luck with this latest car we purchased a year ago. I want to know where Dave Ramsey gets all those sound, reliable 5000 cars that we are urged to pay cash for. The last two used cars have been nightmares, even after being checked out.
My 10 year old Yaris, on the other hand that I bought new, is spookily reliable, knock on wood, don't let it hear me. But it lives indoors in the shed during winter, retaining its cute good looks.
that is too bad about your used cars. We bought two used cars in a row, years ago, that were great.Sigh, ?I still think about them, they were the most luxurious cars we ever had.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee