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Post by tzarine on Oct 11, 2024 14:58:38 GMT -5
Laughing at my naivety, we're probably going to do a day trip to Milan on Tuesday from our accommodation in the lake district. I thought "Oh, I'll just go online to see if I can pre-book tickets to get into see Da Vinci's The Last Supper". Ha!, they are completely booked out until at least the end of January. weve been in milan 2 & still have never seen it but have started this |
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Oct 11, 2024 17:46:35 GMT -5
Some of the class readers that came home when LC was in primary school still had some outdated attitudes (though nothing as blatant as that!) and I'd always pass on that maybe it was time to retire a few books.
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Oct 11, 2024 19:02:40 GMT -5
Watching Rage. As usual they have guest programmers, but it is not a band today. Instead we have two actors from a local show (Heartbreak High). And unlike bands which often have very similar music taste, these two are vastly different. So we went from the 10 minute version of All too well by Taylor Swift to something from a small Sydney punk band! And now it's gone from another local post punk band to Aurora.
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Post by tzarine on Oct 11, 2024 22:29:39 GMT -5
this: youve rejected me twice. um do you want the $100 app fee?
Dear tzarine,
This is an important reminder that the deadline to apply for the Stegner Fellowship is November 1, 2024, 11:59 pm PST (2:59 am EST on November 2).
There are no plans to extend the deadline.
Please visit our website for more information or email us at stegnerfellowship@stanford.edu with any inquires.
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Post by psw on Oct 11, 2024 22:46:17 GMT -5
my friend p who is 6-6 & canadian caribbean he works in ctown & his cantonese nickname is golo or tall dude I traveled to Russia with a group including a very tall solidly built guy named Kit. In Russian кит (keet) is Whale, so that took care of him for the trip! |
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 12, 2024 6:54:41 GMT -5
Laughing in shock more than humour. I was sorting through a donation from a very elderly person; it was a little sad to see her entire life in books. I was about to put a children's book, 'Lickle Tickle' in the kids box, and thought I'd read a bit. Story 1: Tickle and the black baby I opened to the middle of it, and within 3 pages found 4 examples of blantantly racist language and several more racist innuendos. So I understand a little more why my inlaws find certain language hard to give up--it was part of their moral education! Book went in the pulping box. When I was teaching in Solomon Islands, I often received donations of sets of encyclopaedias with incredibly colonialist attitudes. I very soon learnt to say no to any encyclopaedias, as they were so dated. |
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Post by sprite on Oct 12, 2024 12:59:43 GMT -5
Watching Rage. As usual they have guest programmers, but it is not a band today. Instead we have two actors from a local show (Heartbreak High). And unlike bands which often have very similar music taste, these two are vastly different. So we went from the 10 minute version of All too well by Taylor Swift to something from a small Sydney punk band! And now it's gone from another local post punk band to Aurora. Today at the shop, the manager got a vinyl LP of an australian band called 'Gut Health'. He played us a track on his phone--a lot louder and thrashier than I'd expected! |
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Post by Queen on Oct 12, 2024 14:00:11 GMT -5
Laughing at my naivety, we're probably going to do a day trip to Milan on Tuesday from our accommodation in the lake district. I thought "Oh, I'll just go online to see if I can pre-book tickets to get into see Da Vinci's The Last Supper". Ha!, they are completely booked out until at least the end of January. Someone on fb giving recommendations about seeing the Mona Lisa - go early, go straight there blah blah blah... and all I could think was "go before Dan Brown writes a book about it" |
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Post by Queen on Oct 12, 2024 15:36:00 GMT -5
might need some context - James Blunt has said that if his new/re-release of the album "Back to Bedlam" reaches number one he will change his name. He ran a vote on twitter and you'll never guess what won... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DA_WwGKh4O2 |
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Post by tzarine on Oct 13, 2024 22:59:13 GMT -5
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Post by sprite on Oct 14, 2024 8:52:19 GMT -5
I've just heard The Dead Kennedys playing 'Viva Las Vegas' and I can't decide if it's homage or parody.
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Post by Queen on Oct 14, 2024 14:49:57 GMT -5
made me think of Liiisa and the pizza place  |
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 14, 2024 14:52:25 GMT -5
omg a Pizzagate joke
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Post by tzarine on Oct 14, 2024 14:53:30 GMT -5
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Post by Queen on Oct 14, 2024 15:06:23 GMT -5
thought you'd appreciate it! |
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 16, 2024 6:29:28 GMT -5
A character in the book I'm reading is described going to "a Polish vodka bar near Holborn" in the mid-2000s. Which - hang on, there was a WT pissup at a pub somewhere near Holborn in 2006 or so when we ended up doing shots in a Polish vodka bar nearby, didn't we? kneazle, I think you were there? Amusing |
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Post by sprite on Oct 16, 2024 11:40:22 GMT -5
I may have been there, but may have had to catch a train with Newpie, as I'd missed my last one home and had nowhere else to stay? If we'd had smartphones, she and I could have stayed longer, crashing at a hostel!
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 16, 2024 11:59:24 GMT -5
Newpie! That's one of the other people who were there - I couldn't remember her screen name. And maybe @cakemonkey? Jeez that's nearly 20 years ago. Sorry to have missed you, if that was that same time!
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Post by kneazle on Oct 16, 2024 13:55:31 GMT -5
A character in the book I'm reading is described going to "a Polish vodka bar near Holborn" in the mid-2000s. Which - hang on, there was a WT pissup at a pub somewhere near Holborn in 2006 or so when we ended up doing shots in a Polish vodka bar nearby, didn't we? kneazle, I think you were there? Amusing Yes - I'm pretty sure it was in that general area. I remember someone commenting that the area looked Dickensian and someone saying that one of his novels was set around the corner. I also seem to remember spilling blue vodka on myself. |
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 16, 2024 15:25:31 GMT -5
A fun evening!
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Post by tzarine on Oct 16, 2024 22:07:56 GMT -5
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Post by Queen on Oct 17, 2024 3:34:46 GMT -5
AI image of posted by someone claiming a secret recipe of bitterballen And all the dutchies in the comments naming brands of bitterballen  "our family recipe is from Auntie Mora and Great grandma Van Dobben" |
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 17, 2024 6:15:22 GMT -5
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 17, 2024 6:33:46 GMT -5
Queen and what is she doing with that rolling pin? (Speaking of forgetting things, it's been so long since I've used a rolling pin that I had to search "rolling pin" because I wasn't sure that that was the word for that thing.)
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Post by Queen on Oct 17, 2024 8:10:22 GMT -5
Queen and what is she doing with that rolling pin? (Speaking of forgetting things, it's been so long since I've used a rolling pin that I had to search "rolling pin" because I wasn't sure that that was the word for that thing.) Quite a lot of people also asked that question. The image cracks me up, because that's what AI thinks a grandma looks like. I am grandma age and My grandma didn't look like that. |
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Post by psw on Oct 17, 2024 8:43:49 GMT -5
One-legged trousers might be handy short-term if you have your leg in a cast, but for high-fashion money you could get a couple of pairs of cheapos and amputate, or go digging in your closet for free.
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Post by tzarine on Oct 17, 2024 14:45:42 GMT -5
an idiot told me he went to apollo bakery for the $15 bagel w creamcheese & a thin slice smoked salmon & a sprig of dill
he didn't go to stupid sweet store for the selfie & the ikea candies
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 17, 2024 20:23:29 GMT -5
So now. Pro-boards is showing me an ad of a woman in an asymmetrical black dress explaining ADHD in women. |
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Post by tzarine on Oct 18, 2024 21:35:50 GMT -5
the selfiers stopping @ the rooftop park for 5 minutes & leaving
so c & i had the park to ourselves
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Post by whothingie on Oct 19, 2024 1:49:08 GMT -5
I have a concrete drive to my half section house. Neighbour 1 has her birthday today, Neighbour 2 has an 8 year old grandsons birthday today.
I have 9 kids playing ball games, hop scotch, skipping
and marbles in my drive.
Brilliant and so much fun to watch.
Have been judge and jury, plus chief taster of Pavlov and birthday cake.
Great as other than individual families none knew one another and 2 of them have limited English but HUGE smiles. Texts from neighbour's quietly keeping eyes out the windows will be kept long term.
Ps. Oldest responsible 10 year old knocked on door to ask for permission.
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"our family recipe is from Auntie Mora and Great grandma Van Dobben" 