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Sep 27, 2018 11:45AM
Good for you. Do you like to do your bowls in bad weather?
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I like to turn the bowls any time I can without putting off other chores. Finishing them isn't one of my favorite chores, though. I'm really tired of dealing with the cherry. It turns easy when green, but once I dry it every tool mark takes minutes to scrape of sand out. Many aren't even visible until it dries. A small bowl can take less than an hour to turn & several hours to finish. One of the downsides of turning green, but it does make for bowls with character.
Nina wrote: "Bowling alleys here in our area seem to be folding because of lack of interest in this pastime with young people. My husband used to bowl with his business friends and I did with my church group. I..."Bowling seems to be more popular on Long Island then here upstate NY. When someone needs to leave the league been very hard to find a replacement.
I bowled good this past Tuesday. Had a high game of 163 (which is very good for me)!!
Somehow, I missed a lot of the previous posts here.Anyway, today I found an amusing piece on YouTube:
Noel Coward sings "Nina" on Live TV ◊ 1955
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxsEY...
See the lyrics at: https://genius.com/Noel-coward-nina-l...
I did watch it. Thanks Joy. You seem to find even the most off beat videos and other amusements.
Nina, I'm glad you found it. :)
PS-I also found this funny parody online:“PARODY OF "YOU'RE THE TOP" BY COLE PORTER
You're the pop
You're the baby's father
You're the pop
But you needn't bother
I will make no claim to your ancient name at all
When I let you make me
You promised you'd take me to the city hall
My mistake wasn't getting plastered,
What a break for the little b***stard
I was bad when I let you get on top
But if baby I'm the momma,
You're the pop!
[Sung by Elaine Stritch when interviewed by Michael Parkinson on YouTube.”
Someone asked, "What are you doing today?" Well, I'm sending out notice of my YouTube video interview that has been posted today by Matthew Wooding who lives in England. On his site, RAMBLINGS OF AN UNDISCOVERED AUTHOR, he's interviewed several authors - today was my turn. Here's the link - https://youtu.be/mtmCVFH7Nbc
JAKe wrote: "Someone asked, "What are you doing today?" Well, I'm sending out notice of my YouTube video interview that has been posted today by Matthew Wooding who lives in England. On his site, RAMBLINGS OF A..."Jake, thank you for your YouTube link.
Nina wrote: "Clever parody"I thought so too, Nina. :)
JAKe wrote: "Someone asked, "What are you doing today?" Well, I'm sending out notice of my YouTube video interview that has been posted today by Matthew Wooding who lives in England. On his site, RAMBLINGS OF A..."Ah, JAKe isn't your real name! Thanks for the link -
Joy H. wrote: "Somehow, I missed a lot of the previous posts here.Anyway, today I found an amusing piece on YouTube:
Noel Coward sings "Nina" on Live TV ◊ 1955
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxsEY...
See t..."
Very amusing indeed! No props - just facial and hand expressions. Wonderful.
I too enjoy both Noel Coward and Victor Borge on YouTube. Also the old Jack Benny shows. Very funny.
Watched an old Claudette Colbert movie, "Without Reservations," and Jack Benny made a cameo appearance. Hadn't seen him in such a long time.
Linda, I'm happy that you watched and listened to my interview. Thanks.
Nina wrote: "Watched an old Claudette Colbert movie, "Without Reservations," and Jack Benny made a cameo appearance. Hadn't seen him in such a long time."Sounds like a good one. Unfortunately I don't have access to it. I quit both Netflix and Amazon Prime. There weren't enough movies that appealed to me.
Without Reservations (1946)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039110/...
"En route to Hollywood, an author becomes smitten with a marine, though he is unaware of her celebrity status and is critical of her best-selling novel."
Stars: Claudette Colbert, John Wayne, Don DeFore
Joy H. wrote: "PS - I found it here: https://ok.ru/video/268843944590"I'd be real careful about going to any site with a .ru domain. That's Russia & has a LOT of sites that will put malware on your computer. If you've gone & all is OK, that's fine, but avoid them in the future. Remember that their native language is Russian, so any site in English is more likely there to draw others in.
Jim, thanks for the tip about the .ru domain. I watched the entire movie without any trouble, but I'll be careful in the future.I had happened to find it via a Google search.
Now they have another good movie called "Midnight" (1939) with Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, and John Barrymore . I'm tempted but will obey your warning about malware. The "Midnight" link is: https://ok.ru/video/258571373219
It's tempting but I'll restrain myself. :)
JAKe wrote: "Linda, I'm happy that you watched and listened to my interview. Thanks."Welcome
Jim wrote: "Joy H. wrote: "PS - I found it here: https://ok.ru/video/268843944590"I'd be real careful about going to any site with a .ru domain. That's Russia & has a LOT of sites that will put malware on yo..."
Very good to know Jim. Haven't visited any .ru domains but now I know to stay away.
I do have Malwarebytes program.
I too have a Malwarebytes program.
We have a new grandmonster today - Ryan Gregory. No, I don't know what size or anything. Healthy.
Jim wrote: "We have a new grandmonster today - Ryan Gregory. No, I don't know what size or anything. Healthy."CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! That's wonderful!
A new life to be congratulated by all. Happy days to come.
Thanks, all. Just up to 2, both by the youngest boy & his bride, Brandon & Ashley. They're up in MD, 600 miles away, so we don't see too much of them.Neither of the others has gotten around to spitting out babies yet. I'm pretty sure James (the oldest) & Lauren won't, although they're getting married in December. They bought a house together 7 years ago, so maybe they're slowly moving that way, although they'll need to get to it soon since they're in the mid 30s. They're up in RI, so we don't see them often, either.
I think Erin & Josh would like kids, but she's been having some medical issues & they need to save pennies for a few years. They live next door, so theirs will be underfoot constantly.
It's nice to have some good news. The past month or so has sucked with putting Chip & Topaz down, not to mention Mom breaking her thigh.
The doctors told her she couldn't do too much stretching. As soon as she said that, I asked her how badly she'd torn things up. Not too bad & she got ice on it right away. She says she slowed down & then complained about how difficult it was to get into her Tahoe. The Gator is much easier, but she can't drive it around to all the farms she's overseeing work on.
I told her I sent her some puzzles & she asked if I was trying to drive her crazy. I actually sent them so she'd have something easy to do while recuperating. I think the crazy ship sailed some time ago.
:sigh:
Jim, I hope things will improve for all of you.
Are you making another high chair? Hope your Mom recuperates soon. And not easy at all to put down horses. My daughter knows the feeling. She just brought us some banana pecan waffles she made with overripe bananas because she no longer has the horse who loved eating those bananas. She says she needs another banana loving horse. The waffles were yummy by the way.
I didn't know that horses like bananas.
I've never made a high chair, Nina. The one we have is from my great grandfather who made it for my grandmother's older brother back in 1897. Hopefully I'll get a good picture of Ryan in it. Great to see it serve so many generations.Horses are weird. Some like bananas. Chip never cared much for apples, but liked them. Blue would rip a beer can out of your hand & guzzle it. He adored chocolate chip cookies, too.
Jim wrote: "... Horses are weird. Some like bananas. Chip never cared much for apples, but liked them. Blue would rip a beer can out of your hand & guzzle it. He adored chocolate chip cookies, too. "That's interesting, Jim. I never realized that horses had their own favorite preferences in foods.
You're not the first to mention something like this. It always kind of shocks me since I consider them pretty much like people. They all have distinct personalities, likes, quirks, & everything else. That's why so much fiction bugs me when it comes to horses.
Jim, you've had a lot of experience with horses. So I guess you ought to know!
Jim wrote: "We have a new grandmonster today - Ryan Gregory. No, I don't know what size or anything. Healthy."Congrats on the "grandmonster"
Just finish watchin the last episode of the Great American Read on the PBS Series of the same name.. A nice finale show with lots of authors, readers and interesting tidbits.The voting has ended a few days past and the countdown of the 100 Great American reads was released by numbers of votes, with #1 in the last few minutes of course. Should be available on line very soon.
And, No, I am not going to ruin it for anyone by telling---but I was pleased with the top five---I've read three of them! More tomorrow.
Hi Mary. Let us know which book was #1.
The final results of The Great American Read are here: https://www.pbs.org/the-great-america...To Kill a Mockingbird was voted by viewers as America’s #1 best-loved novel in The Great American Read.
Thanks to Mary JL for bringing this to our attention.
Interesting. There are some good picks. I've read half, but didn't recognize most of the last dozen or so. It's nice to see some SF on there. I wish they'd put author names, though. For instance, is it Invisible Man or The Invisible Man? They're equally likely.I wonder how much a book's popularity in the poll is due to its name recognition. I know a lot of books win polls here on GR for group reads due to that & I see that Atlas Shrugged came in at #20, incredibly high up if people have actually read it, not just recognized the name. I've read it twice & find Rand's philosophy interesting, but it's not a popularly public stance today. Like War and Peace, The Count of Monte Cristo, & Moby-Dick or, The Whale, it's a real brick to get through today. I know there are quite a few other popular books on the list that are as thick, but they read far more quickly & easily.
Last night saw "A Bronx Tale" Broadway's new hit musicalPlace: The Bronx, New York
Time: 1960 and 1968
Very entertaining
First night of show - place was almost filled
Young boy Frankie Leoni played the role for this touring show and also on Broadway - very talented young boy. Superb singing.
Choreography excellent. Stage set up was excellent
Book written by Chazz Palminteri
Jim wrote: "Interesting. There are some good picks. I've read half, but didn't recognize most of the last dozen or so. It's nice to see some SF on there. I wish they'd put author names, though. For instance, i..."The list is based on popularity, not on quality. When saw _The Notebook_ by Nicholas Sparks on the list, I realized that fact. His writing is so sophomoriic.
Linda wrote: "Last night saw "A Bronx Tale" Broadway's new hit musicalPlace: The Bronx, New York
Time: 1960 and 1968
Very entertaining
First night of show - place was almost filled
Young boy Frankie Leoni pla..."
Linda, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Joy, agreed the PBS list was based on popularity. You could start another list tomorrow and get different results. Because some readers may have read the book but not bothered to vote in the polls conducted by PBS.Still, some good books among the list, of course.
AZ personal question from me. I was an early reader and read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice years ago. It placed third and to this day people rave about Jane Austen. I did not regard it as that great.But perhaps the old-fashioned language made me mis something great due to my young age at the time?
Am I missing something great? I have a huge TBR pile and seldom re-read. So your thoughts on Jane Austen? Don't miss it; it's okay' it's average? My own mini poll.
I pretty much detested Pride and Prejudice. I gave it 2 stars only because it is a foundation novel. You can read my review here:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mary JL, I don't enjoy reading the "old-fashioned" language of Jane Austen.
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