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Someone over this weekend decided it was a good idea to have the lady doctor that I work for give a presentation on cooking. A subject which in my opinion she know little to nothing about.- BRENDA Cooking what?
Grilled cheese? Spaghetti-Os? Mac-n-Cheese?- SIX

She didn't tell me what about cooking she was going to be talking about. But I personally don't think it matters. She really knows nothing about the subject.[

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Someone over this weekend decided it was a good idea to have the lady doctor that I work for give a presentation on cooking. A subject which in my opinion she know little to nothing about.- BRENDA Cooking what?
Grilled cheese? Spaghetti-Os? Mac-n-Cheese?- SIX

She didn't tell me what about cooking she was going to be talking about. But I personally don't think it matters. She really knows nothing about the subject.[

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Seems like YOU should do the demonstration, since you do their cooking. It's interesting, when our caregiver and her children lived with us for a few months (after her husband got them evicted by snorting the rent money up his nose) by way of some recompense she cooked some meals for us. She was a phenomenal cook. She cooked an entirely different kind of meal in a different kind of way, and it was delicious. I remember, to this day, the amazing enchiladas that she made.

I'm not a bad cook, either, we were just ... different. When you cook by yourself, you get into a kind of rut. It's not necessarily bad, but a different style.

I think it would be nice to be able to share food and share recipes. Too bad we can't vlog our favorite recipes.

Last night we had "breakfast for dinner" again. Since we tend not to eat bfast, this gives us a chance at pancakes and sausages.


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Along with tomato paste I picked up some mushrooms and lamb chops. The lamb is for my easter dinner.

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Happy tasty Easter Dinner, Brenda!

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Along with tomato paste I picked up some mushrooms and lamb chops. The lamb is for my easter dinner.

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Someone over this weekend decided it was a good idea to have the lady doctor that I work for give a presentation on cooking. A subject which in my opinion she know little to nothing about.- BRENDA Cooking what?
Grilled cheese? Spaghetti-Os? Mac-n-Cheese?- SIX

She didn't tell me what about cooking she was going to be talking about. But I personally don't think it matters. She really knows nothing about the subject.[

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Seems like YOU should do the demonstration, since you do their cooking. It's interesting, when our caregiver and her children lived with us for a few months (after her husband got them evicted by snorting the rent money up his nose) by way of some recompense she cooked some meals for us. She was a phenomenal cook. She cooked an entirely different kind of meal in a different kind of way, and it was delicious. I remember, to this day, the amazing enchiladas that she made.

I'm not a bad cook, either, we were just ... different. When you cook by yourself, you get into a kind of rut. It's not necessarily bad, but a different style.

I think it would be nice to be able to share food and share recipes. Too bad we can't vlog our favorite recipes.

Last night we had "breakfast for dinner" again. Since we tend not to eat bfast, this gives us a chance at pancakes and sausages.

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Well, lamb chops sound like a great idea! How are you going to do them? With garlic, served with mint jelly?

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I'm SO waiting for the day when you move! I think if you have a warm, dry place the rain won't be so bothersome.

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Yet another problem solved by moving!

fwiw I hope your current landlady can't find another renter and THEN gets in trouble for safety code violations and sub-standard housing, with mega-fines plus remediation. I hope the years of misery she put you through come back and bite her in the ass, big-time.

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Went to the antique shops when I visited my brother, Brenda, but still haven't found that Hogan's Hero's record. They had a HUGE selection of old records a year or two back, but they must have sold most of them down since there was only about 1/4 of what they had back then.

Still keeping an eye out when I go to Goodwill too, but they don't have a huge selection there ever.




I decided that I'm going to start buying DVD's of movies I like. Many years ago, I had a collection of around 25 or so that I gave to my brother since I was going completely digital with everything. He had upwards of around 700 of them. My mom and step-dad easily had over 1,000.

KODI has pretty much been shut down. I've got Netflix, but they've got shit for a selection. I wanted to watch Galaxy Quest and Idiocracy recently, but of all the online streaming services only two of them currently have those movies, and they're only available to rent for 48 hours above and beyond the normal subscription fees!

A few years ago, I could have gotten a lot of DVDs, but I didn't want them at the time. My bro had a flood and lost a lot of them, and used that as an excuse to get rid of the rest except for those he couldn't get online digital codes for legit copies. My parents got rid of most of theirs during and after the move. :(

Goodwill seems to be a great place to do it though. If I stop by during the week, I figure I'll only buy ones that I put really high up on the list at $2.00 if I see them. Those that are lower on my list I'll take my chances and buy on the Saturdays where everything is half price for a buck.

This weeks acquisitions:

Big Fish
Caddyshack
The Green Mile
Office Space
The Secret of NIMH
Serenity :)

Office Space was the only one that cost me $2.00

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Actually saw a copy of Gladiator, but didn't pick it up.

I like the movie, but I'm starting out slow with movies I really like, or really want to see (Green Mile and Big Fish are on that list, and Big Fish was factory sealed, so that made that choice easier).

Maybe eventually I'll have a huge list, but I'm not entirely sure I want to commit to this yet, and I'm being pretty picky right now. I could have easily dropped $200 and cleared them out on half price Saturday if I wanted to. :)

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Actually saw a copy of Gladiator, but didn't pick it up.

I like the movie, but I'm starting out slow with movies I really like, or really want to see (Green Mile and Big Fish are on that list, and Big Fish was factory sealed, so that made that choice easier).

Maybe eventually I'll have a huge list, but I'm not entirely sure I want to commit to this yet, and I'm being pretty picky right now. I could have easily dropped $200 and cleared them out on half price Saturday if I wanted to. :)

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Anything I want to see I will get through my library then after watching decide if I want to buy it. I have a couple of other Russell Crowe movies such as "Robin Hood", and I think it is called "Broken City." I liked "Quick and the Dead" but not enough to buy it.

My collection of movies and tv series are some on DVD and some still on VHS.

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Actually saw a copy of Gladiator, but didn't pick it up.

I like the movie, but I'm starting out slow with movies I really like, or really want to see (Green Mile and Big Fish are on that list, and Big Fish was factory sealed, so that made that choice easier).

Maybe eventually I'll have a huge list, but I'm not entirely sure I want to commit to this yet, and I'm being pretty picky right now. I could have easily dropped $200 and cleared them out on half price Saturday if I wanted to. :)

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Anything I want to see I will get through my library then after watching decide if I want to buy it. I have a couple of other Russell Crowe movies such as "Robin Hood", and I think it is called "Broken City." I liked "Quick and the Dead" but not enough to buy it.

My collection of movies and tv series are some on DVD and some still on VHS.

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Funny story about Russel Crowe...

I was at my old man's house, right around the time when Britney Spears, Beyonce and Pink did that Pepsi commercial where they were all wearing gladiator gear, back around the time that the movie Gladiator was big.

There was a TV guide or something peeking out under a stack of other things on my Dad's kitchen table, and I saw nothing but an ass wearing gladiator gear, and I said, "nice ass". I pulled the other stuff away and it was Russel Crowe in his Gladiator garb.

I stand by my statement.

He was a gorgeous man. I remember seeing Virtuosity in the theater when I was maybe 13 and I remember thinking to myself that he was the best looking man that I had ever seen in my life.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Just a word of caution: DVDs do not keep indefinitely. We've had some DVDs become unplayable after 10 years or so, and these were stored properly and not mishandled or scratched. we do have a lot of pollution here, including ozone, so maybe our DVDs deteriorate faster here than eleswhere. But if you really want to keep those movies for the foreseeable future, you might want to copy them to a hard drive or something.

https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub121/sec4/
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4908081/ns/technology_and_science-games/t/wh
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Rain today.

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Just a word of caution: DVDs do not keep indefinitely. We've had some DVDs become unplayable after 10 years or so, and these were stored properly and not mishandled or scratched. we do have a lot of pollution here, including ozone, so maybe our DVDs deteriorate faster here than eleswhere. But if you really want to keep those movies for the foreseeable future, you might want to copy them to a hard drive or something.

https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub121/sec4/
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4908081/ns/technology_and_science-games/t/wh
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We have some DVDs that don't paly but others do. It's not a player problem, its a disc problem.


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"The second program is a compression program." I've read that compression routines make music sound sadder, but I never looked into how. But if it's a movie that you really enjoy for the music, perhaps it's best to skip the compression.

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Nothing to do with anything, but I saw an episode of 77 Sunset Strip with Shatner in it. I specifically watched because I was curious how he was as an actor before he decided to be a scene stealing hack. Less than average. Anyway, in this episode he gets into an extended fisticuffs with Stu (Zimbalist Jr), and they even had the same music as Star Trek - that vaguely imperial Roman gladiator music with brass and percussion. I swear Roddenberry stole it entirely. But in this show, Kirk - I mean Shatner - loses. And on top of it, he fails to get his shirt off.

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I'd tell you to lighten up, Brenda, but I'd be a hypocrite if I did.


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Well... for sure my car problem is not the transmission. Now that it's warmed up after I adjusted that cable, the problem is just a tiny fraction of what it used to be.

It's harder than I would have thought to find the part. I'm going to have to shop around because the place I usually go only has one option for one of the two cables I need and it's over $50 bucks. I'm sure I can get this stuff cheaper than that.

Warm weather is coming. :)

I think all I'll need is these new cables, a transmission fluid flush and filter replacement and I should get another 100k miles on that car. Probably last me another 10 years.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Well... for sure my car problem is not the transmission. Now that it's warmed up after I adjusted that cable, the problem is just a tiny fraction of what it used to be.

It's harder than I would have thought to find the part. I'm going to have to shop around because the place I usually go only has one option for one of the two cables I need and it's over $50 bucks. I'm sure I can get this stuff cheaper than that.

Warm weather is coming. :)

I think all I'll need is these new cables, a transmission fluid flush and filter replacement and I should get another 100k miles on that car. Probably last me another 10 years.

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Have you considered getting another car? A second, backup car would allow less stress when repairing another, if repairing is the choice. Or just switch cars, not get rid of the old. You seem to be willing to spend much more on repairs than I would expect.
My last 5 or 6 vehicles have all been $600 from dealers, and lasted several years without somebody crashing into me.
Would you like to know how to buy cars from used dealers which are driveable, and least expensive?
Mine have included a full size wagon, a compact, a full size van, a 1/2 ton pickup, a minivan with sliding doors on both sides. Most times I had several to choose from. One was a sweet CA car, Nissan Sentra RWD, but I didn't expect it to be rustproofed. The full size vans, I had a choice of several Chevy's, couple Fords, and a Dodge.
When somebody would total me, I'd get a few thousand from insurance payouts.

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Well... for sure my car problem is not the transmission. Now that it's warmed up after I adjusted that cable, the problem is just a tiny fraction of what it used to be.

It's harder than I would have thought to find the part. I'm going to have to shop around because the place I usually go only has one option for one of the two cables I need and it's over $50 bucks. I'm sure I can get this stuff cheaper than that.

Warm weather is coming. :)

I think all I'll need is these new cables, a transmission fluid flush and filter replacement and I should get another 100k miles on that car. Probably last me another 10 years.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Have you considered getting another car? A second, backup car would allow less stress when repairing another, if repairing is the choice. Or just switch cars, not get rid of the old. You seem to be willing to spend much more on repairs than I would expect.
My last 5 or 6 vehicles have all been $600 from dealers, and lasted several years without somebody crashing into me.
Would you like to know how to buy cars from used dealers which are driveable, and least expensive?
Mine have included a full size wagon, a compact, a full size van, a 1/2 ton pickup, a minivan with sliding doors on both sides. Most times I had several to choose from. One was a sweet CA car, Nissan Sentra RWD, but I didn't expect it to be rustproofed. The full size vans, I had a choice of several Chevy's, couple Fords, and a Dodge.
When somebody would total me, I'd get a few thousand from insurance payouts.

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I haven't really spent that much. A bulk of it last year was a new windshield and 4 new tires, just because I didn't know how to do it myself and the labor was reasonable. ($145 for the glass, and 265 for the tires).

Timing belt was $35, the seal I needed to replace for the massive oil leak was $8, spark plugs were around $12, air filter was around $10, and I probably spent around $60 on various types of Sea Foam.

The cables I'd need might run around $100, and shouldn't be that difficult to change. Maybe another $30 for a new transmission filter and fluid for a change. The entire exhaust system should run around $150, but that's only if it turns out that I can't just replace the small part that's busted without welding.

It's a 90's Toyota with less than 170,000 miles on it. The body looks great. Once I get that transmission cable thing sorted out, anything else I put into it is really cosmetic. It should last me another 50,000 miles with very little repair work, and the way I drive that's another 5 or 6 years. It only cost me $2,000 around 11 years ago, so maybe $2,800 after all the repairs. Not to bad paying about $250 a year for a car.


If you have a way of getting a reliable car for $600, I'd certainly look into having a 2nd one. I'm just not looking to spend much on a new car right now.

Otherwise, I have really gotten to know this car over the years. There's a lot to say about that. The devil you know, right?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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