The Bar... Volume#2

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:47 am

Hey there Marty.......flop on down, grab a cup, watch some cartoons........
It's a good day.

Hey there PM.........I hope "that" project goes well..........
you're right, all that gearhead talk.....dang, sorry for my part in that.

I was able to stop, once I got a tennis racquet.

are you gonna have time for a cartoon with us? *pats pillow, offers NEB*

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littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:06 am

good morning!

yg, can i please have a bit o' coffee in one of those gorgeous teacups, pretty please? yum!

sounds like everyone is busy .... me too ... i have to bake a bunch of stuff to take over to my friend with the tax program ... i did the same thing last week, but drank too much wine, and made some silly mistakes! tipsy taxes. to-day i will finish them, THEN drink. woo hoo!

enjoy tennis, marty! don't work too hard, piney!

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:36 am

Today, Met opera in HD Hamlet, or Runaways? I need a solid infusion of spirit raising music. Leaning towards Opera, but loud punk rebelliousness appeals as well.
Opera is difficult, but it moves me.
My local theater for Hamlet is sold out, so I need to travel a bit. I'll miss the familiar cadre of elderly Russian ladies. I had poor side front seats for Madama Butterfly, and some yuppie women on cell phones stood next to my seat and carried on conversations about whether the seats were good enough, they should have arrived earlier, was it "worth it" to sit there, "where are you, I'm here" complaining... The lady behind me pointed at the seats and said to them authoritatively, "SIT!" priceless.

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:50 am

I'll be at the circus today and tomorrow working Child ID. We should process several hundred kids. Great program and it's free to the parents.

Received a blood blister last night on the wrong finger to hold up and show people. How? Got caught in a cork puller opening a bottle of wine

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:36 am

What could be more appropriate for a bar than car talk?
Hope the engine work goes well.

You don't need a cartoon today.
I had something fall on my head yesterday, so that should be comical enough to suffice.

No?
If not....
Rocket J. Squirrel
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Just because I like hearing her say 'moose and squirrel'.
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Lots of moose and mounties on this show.
Could it be canadian?

Victorian · Post by **Victorian** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:39 pm

Back to visit. I'm still looking for a job. Rawr. Bad time to be unemployed.

Vegan peanut butter cookies anyone?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:11 pm

hey there Victorian.........

yeah, depending on your skills, jobs can be tough now.
try non-conforming jobs........truck driver or something. sometimes, the novelty of the idea makes it work.

just a thought.

drinks anyone?

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:43 pm

Saw elephants, tigers, bears and a pink and a blue poodle today. Saw two dirt bikes in a globe, trapeze artists and a 67 year old man shot out of a canon. The circus was fun. We ID'd 115 kids in my shift. Get to see it all again tomorrow.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:45 pm

very cool, and, a good service you provide.........good on ya

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:24 pm

geospyder wrote:Saw elephants, tigers, bears and a pink and a blue poodle today. Saw two dirt bikes in a globe, trapeze artists and a 67 year old man shot out of a canon. The circus was fun. We ID'd 115 kids in my shift. Get to see it all again tomorrow.

The ball of death?
Used to be down the street.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:42 am

*strolls in, makes tea*

*starts coffee*

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:59 am

fruit pizza, might go a little lighter on the mascarpone. Nice with esxpresso I'd think. Thanks for warming up the machine, ygmir. Good morning.

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:12 am

Damn! There goes my diet, Elorrum. What a beautiful dish!

How was Hamlet, the opera? Couldn't make it

Have a great day all

YG the coffee is terrific this morning, Thanks

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:46 am

Hamlet the opera was wonderful. I really have to put the effort forth to experience opera. It's a challenging adaptation. Since Shakespeare's words are the beauty of the play, they had to capture the spirit of the story and give the beauty to the music. They took some liberties I thought with the sequence and setting, and a lot of the subtext didn't make the transition (it's such a dense play, isn't it? I need to go back and read it now) So it's an involved story for an opera, but they told it well. Hamlet the character had all the questions in his behavior: crazy? cruel? too stressed to cope? melting down, or manipulating? Energy running at setting 11. Ophelia was magnificent and tragic and so so beautiful. Her madness/death scene was the transcendent moment for me. Gertrude schemed and had a cold beautiful pinched look, but sang so wonderfully, and in the end broke down well. The pretender King could have been more evil, or strong. He seemed to play the victim to Hamlet as though he had no culpability at all. All around I found it to be a well acted opera. The set was bare, so bare. I'm getting tired of the minimalist set decorations... I want to see a bit of visual opulence with these shows. Would it hurt? Cool thing about these Met broadcasts is that PBS will likely pick up the tape down the road, and it might air on t.v., also, I think an audio version is available on line, as a recording of a radio broadcast.

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:14 pm

Thanks for the review. Very perspicasious. I will definitely try to catch it on a rerun. I too like the grand sets that are so much a part of opera. Bare sets can really be a bore. We saw Tannhauser last year in a "modern" setting and it was not very good. Again, thanks for the review. About twice a year, SF Opera has an opera at the ATT Ball Park for free, simulcast from the Opera House. Have gone twice and lived it. Sights and sounds are wonderful. About 25,000 turn out!

Not too bad a trip from San Jose, so you should try to make it

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:07 pm

i love opera, too! i've never seen hamlet, though.

there is a ton of opera on DVD if you have netflix .... a friend of mine is watching them all the time. there is nothing like seeing it live, though.

well ... we can pretend, anyhow!

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:45 am

For the tea drinker.... Ygmir...

coffee for the rest of us ....

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:49 am

Ok...Im officially tired.

Im hoping that today my energy level evens out with my energy exertion.

If you dont use it you loose it, right? ok so now Im using it, I dont recall misplacing it????

Where the Hell is my stock pile of energy???

Ive been ROBBED!

EEEEK!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:49 am

thanks PM............I got sidetracked this morning.........."look, shiney..........."

How's the engine project?

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:03 am

Its a total REBUILD.....were going through the entire thing!!!

So its gonna be good for years to come. But it come with a price both financially and energy wise!

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:04 am

Actually I should twist that energy wise and Price wise....More so on the first!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:26 am

well, yeah, but as you say, it'll be good for years.

yay for recycling...........

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:29 am

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:41 am

Piney, you are right, the energy gets to be the short commodity. You sound to me like an energy machine. After a few hours of tennis, I barely have the energy to throw some pots. Got to take a short nap to recharge.

Now, YG, there is a real bundle of energy. Hey buddy, how about a cup of coffee and an Ellorum delectable this morning. Let's invite Little Flower and some of the other ladies to join us for a cuddle in the NEB. Now there is an idea! Bet Gyre and GH won't object to that!

Little rain here this morning.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:23 am

see, Marty, that's another reason to admire you.......you forward thinking.......(inviting gals to snuggle in the NEB).

PM made coffee this morning, but, I'm still on tea.
I think, finally, the caffeine withdrawals are going away, not such a "hangover" in the mornings.........

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:44 am

What's not to like, Marty?

Piney, you could easily end up with a better engine than original.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:46 am

So, over in the introduction forums I said something about OED, and that set me to wondering if we should have a "Field Guide to the Eplayans" thread.

Or is that too recursive?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:48 pm

you mean describing us, and, our habits, as well as proclivities and how to recognize us, on and off playa?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:55 pm

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ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:43 am

*wanders in, makes fire for cowboy coffee, and, tea*

cold and windy this morning here...........how's Reno?

*grabs NEB and to corner booth*