Longest Thread Ever 4.0

[krystl]

Morning, LTE!

Usual stuff today, then Nick has a dentist appt later. Oh and he got a job at the local pizzeria a couple afternoons/evenings a week. He starts today after the dentist.

[Trish]

You lost me after Part 1.........

Hahahaaaa!!

[4bronxbombers]

Morning LTE. Chilly run this morning.

Karen, Matt got a job yesterday too. He's going to be a CIT (counselor in training) for Renbrook School. He gets paid $500- for the summer. In addition to that he and Brendan dropped off 30 flyers to neighbors yesterday trying to drum up some addition lawn mowing jobs. And he got straight B's on his report card. Miracles do happen I guess.

[krystl]

Morning LTE. Chilly run this morning.

Karen, Matt got a job yesterday too. He's going to be a CIT (counselor in training) for Renbrook School. He gets paid $500- for the summer. In addition to that he and Brendan dropped off 30 flyers to neighbors yesterday trying to drum up some addition lawn mowing jobs. And he got straight B's on his report card. Miracles do happen I guess.

That's great! Nick has been wanting to work for some time now (since he was raking in the bucks selling Christmas trees!) but unfortunately, that was only seasonal. So, the guys at the pizza place we know well (Nick is in there buying pizza all the time) asked him if he wanted to work a few evenings and he jumped at the chance. He knows he has to start earning $$ for his car now!

[JL25and3]

You lost me after Part 1.........

Der Ring des Nibelungen, Richard Wagner's epic "music drama" consisting of four operas. Tonight I have 2-1/2 hours of Das Rheingold, which is barely a warm-up. Then 5 hours of Die Walküre on Saturday (an 11 AM matinee, which pisses me off), 5-1/2 hours of Siegfried on Monday, and finally 6 hours of Götterdämmerung next Thursday. Yes, I admit, it requires a certain...peculiarity on my part to want to do that. But I'm not the only one - the place will be packed.

[montrealer]

Der Ring des Nibelungen, Richard Wagner's epic "music drama" consisting of four operas. Tonight I have 2-1/2 hours of Das Rheingold, which is barely a warm-up. Then 5 hours of Die Walküre on Saturday (an 11 AM matinee, which pisses me off), 5-1/2 hours of Siegfried on Monday, and finally 6 hours of Götterdämmerung next Thursday. Yes, I admit, it requires a certain...peculiarity on my part to want to do that. But I'm not the only one - the place will be packed.

I'm watching hockey and swilling beer this week-end........

[4bronxbombers]

That's great! Nick has been wanting to work for some time now (since he was raking in the bucks selling Christmas trees!) but unfortunately, that was only seasonal. So, the guys at the pizza place we know well (Nick is in there buying pizza all the time) asked him if he wanted to work a few evenings and he jumped at the chance. He knows he has to start earning $$ for his car now!

Karen, this comes to mind with our 2 sons working: "We've come along way baby!"

[JL25and3]

Hahahaaaa!!

Yep, Trish, it's dragons-and-fairies week again.

[krystl]

Karen, this comes to mind with our 2 sons working: "We've come along way baby!"

This is true!

[Bub]

Der Ring des Nibelungen, Richard Wagner's epic "music drama" consisting of four operas. Tonight I have 2-1/2 hours of Das Rheingold, which is barely a warm-up. Then 5 hours of Die Walküre on Saturday (an 11 AM matinee, which pisses me off), 5-1/2 hours of Siegfried on Monday, and finally 6 hours of Götterdämmerung next Thursday. Yes, I admit, it requires a certain...peculiarity on my part to want to do that. But I'm not the only one - the place will be packed.

Is the Ride of the Valkyries included in any of that?

[fredgmuggs]

Der Ring des Nibelungen, Richard Wagner's epic "music drama" consisting of four operas. Tonight I have 2-1/2 hours of Das Rheingold, which is barely a warm-up. Then 5 hours of Die Walküre on Saturday (an 11 AM matinee, which pisses me off), 5-1/2 hours of Siegfried on Monday, and finally 6 hours of Götterdämmerung next Thursday. Yes, I admit, it requires a certain...peculiarity on my part to want to do that. But I'm not the only one - the place will be packed.

Your love for Wagner amuses me. It's a bunch of waiting around for a few moments of bliss.... and repeating the process over and over again. I don't have that kind of patience or endurance.

[Jersey Yankee]

Morning, LTE! Lots of household stuff to get done today. It never ends!
Bowling was not so good yesterday. First 2 games I'd rather forget (120, 100) then the last was good (157). I wasn't even throwing the ball as hard as I usually do. It was only going about 13 mph and I'm typically around 15-16.

Bub, that's a long rehearsal. How long will the concert be?

They have radar detectors at the bowling alleys?

[Soriambi]

Der Ring des Nibelungen, Richard Wagner's epic "music drama" consisting of four operas. Tonight I have 2-1/2 hours of Das Rheingold, which is barely a warm-up. Then 5 hours of Die Walküre on Saturday (an 11 AM matinee, which pisses me off), 5-1/2 hours of Siegfried on Monday, and finally 6 hours of Götterdämmerung next Thursday. Yes, I admit, it requires a certain...peculiarity on my part to want to do that. But I'm not the only one - the place will be packed.

I recognize some of those words. I still don't really know what you're talking about, but I agree that you're peculiar.

[Jersey Yankee]

Somewhere down the lanes there is a speed sensor or radar gun. I'm not sure how it works, but every time you throw a ball, it shows the speed up on the screen. Everything is computerized now.

Oh, so they do use some radar detectors. I'd thought that those were only used by the highway cops, the FAA and baseball scouts.

I'm just glad that they don't use these when I shoot pool. Some shots are fast, while others are slow.

[Mr Coffee]

Morning LTE. Chilly run this morning.

Karen, Matt got a job yesterday too. He's going to be a CIT (counselor in training) for Renbrook School. He gets paid $500- for the summer. In addition to that he and Brendan dropped off 30 flyers to neighbors yesterday trying to drum up some addition lawn mowing jobs. And he got straight B's on his report card. Miracles do happen I guess.

Speaking as a former camp counselor, being a CIT is a scam. He's basically getting paid $1.50 an hour. He'd be better off mowing lawns with his bro.

[montrealer]

Is the Ride of the Valkyries included in any of that?

You too?

[montrealer]

Your love for Wagner amuses me. It's a bunch of waiting around for a few moments of bliss.... and repeating the process over and over again. I don't have that kind of patience or endurance.

Ahh.......voice of reason.

[4bronxbombers]

Speaking as a former camp counselor, being a CIT is a scam. He's basically getting paid $1.50 an hour. He'd be better off mowing lawns with his bro.

I know that but he loves this camp/private school. It's nestled on top of Avon Mountain, it's beautiful and he's gone there since he was 5. My friend's daughter works there as a couselor and once you are there a few years, well, she makes $2,500 a summer now.....so you have to put in your time I guess. I'm happy that he's "contained" all day while we are working too.

[Mr Coffee]

I know that but he loves this camp/private school. It's nestled on top of Avon Mountain, it's beautiful and he's gone there since he was 5. My friend's daughter works there as a couselor and once you are there a few years, well, she makes $2,500 a summer now.....so you have to put in your time I guess. I'm happy that he's "contained" all day while we are working too.

I understand. It's more for the parents. Plus they usually let the CITs go on trips.

It will definitely keep him busy.

[4bronxbombers]

I understand. It's more for the parents. Plus they usually let the CITs go on trips.

It will definitely keep him busy.

The past few years he was in the "summer sports program." They went golfing each week, had the cart, lunch etc. They go to a Yanks game and Mets game and a host of other adventures. It's just a great place and he loves it there. They have this big pond near the archery shooting place with big turltes, frogs etc. It's right up his alley. He'll have his weekend off to go fishing and crabbing. Life is good for this kid.

[JL25and3]

Is the Ride of the Valkyries included in any of that?

It sure is. That's in Die Walküre (The Valkyrie). It's Wagner's #1 hit single with a bullet (or a spear)

Your love for Wagner amuses me. It's a bunch of waiting around for a few moments of bliss.... and repeating the process over and over again. I don't have that kind of patience or endurance.

There are plenty of moments of bliss, just no action. Die Walküre basically has one moment of action, though it's a damn fine moment. It also has incest between twins, but that doesn't take place on stage, thank goodness. The last 40 minutes or so consists of two characters, father and daughter, standing on stage singing to each other, without actually doing anything other than breaking each others' hearts, and their own. It may not be action-packed, but I think it's wrenchingly beautiful.

The whole thing is really a family drama, and it's the characters that hook me as much as anything else. There's a central character who is, essentially, a middle-aged man who discovers that his life - and his great, grandiose plans for it - just aren't working out the way he thought it would, and he has to face his limitations and be humbled by them. Now there's a character I can identify with.

[JL25and3]

I agree that you're peculiar.

I was going to use the word "crazy," except that I've been certified sane by a qualified, licensed professional.

[yankeeschic12324]

Hello friends. Hectic day today. Trying to see most of my today and tomorrow patients. I have a wedding to attend Friday but I'm freakin swamped at work. I might not go to the wedding if I can't get everything done in time. Plus I'm supposed to have a lunch date with a fellow Friday as well (and no, I will not take him to the wedding with me hahaha). We'll see how the day goes!

[Soriambi]

I was going to use the word "crazy," except that I've been certified sane by a qualified, licensed professional.

I still think they should get a second opinion on that one.

[montrealer]

Is the Ride of the Valkyries included in any of that?

Aren't you glad you asked?