Thanks, @steve-miller ! I didn't watch the whole freezer video yet, just the beginning....but....we have an upright freezer that's in the basement. A very undemanding environment. Had a chest freezer years ago and gave it away to a friend. I know chest freezers are much more efficient and run like tanks, but not having to unload twenty things to get to the bottom where the one you want is located is the huge advantage for us and why we switched to uprights. We had a manual defrost upright and got tired of the whole defrosting thing so replaced our old upright with a frost free. Have been really happy with it in terms of function. Reliability, not so much. The one that died is 4 1/2 years old. Abt does extended warranties. A five year costs $175. If the thing craps out again, it's cost me $175 to use it for five years. Oh, and the warranty lets you claim $200 of lost food. I hate the concept of throwaway appliances but try to make up for it in other ways. We drive our cars for 20 years! Thanks for the info on the dryers. Between you and Claude, you've convinced me it's worth having it looked at before buying new. We do indeed have a local guy, George's Appliance CPR. Turns out he started out at Abt. My neighbor has used him and said he's great and reasonably priced. I got his number and texted him. We'll see what he says! Thanks much. Will keep you posted!

That’s really pretty veneer! Is it the same on the top? If it is you may be able to use a piece from the top to patch the sides. If not, and you elect to replace a panel, you might be able to use a piece from one side to patch the other. Have you ever messed with grain matching using special paintbrushes and markers and such? That grain pattern will be tough to blend but it’s kind of fun to do and veneer is pretty cheap.

@jon-nyc Welcome to Pinellas County! I'm glad the weather was good for you! Need I say awesome work and poster of you!

@jon-nyc said: Facebook served me this ad which made me think of you. [image: IMG_4777.jpeg] Ha! This is great!! We have a little plinth with figures in our typical player colours that we change out to show who won the last game.

Clowns are supposed to be funny. The country is in a sad state.

@mark I was never a dancer either. Just wasn't. I don't know why. Dance was the foundation of Madonna's work in music videos and concerts (and I guess still is but she's got a lot of injuries). She went to Martha Graham's school. Martha Graham named her Madame X. Hence, Madame X, her last great album. I wish I could sing! Not pop music. Classical music and church music.

Thank you jon! We would have liked to have one this year and I am not completely 100% sure we won't, but it will more likely be some time next year.

Dave is always good. I remember a column he wrote on dating. Sent a copy to a friend - and the next thing I knew it was being faxed all around the country.

That may be what is called a "shirt-sleeve" relative. Marjoe Gortner reminded me of the creepy guy who insisted upon showing me a gospel music technique that used chords. I was too busy looking for an exit to learn anything.

Waves are measured from the water level up, not from down in the trough. 15 feet is big. Was in 8 foot waves in a 36 sailboat in the Gulf of ah, you know, that Gulf down there. Thought I might die. Didn't.

Very little information about the band is to be found. It seems to be the only recording available by the original City of London Brass. The band was made up of students from the London Music Colleges and other London educational institutions, so had youthful, talented, semi-pro players. Formed in 1971 and lasted maybe only 4 years. Guessing it depended on their conductor, Geoffrey Brand who died recently at the age of 97, and was an influential and inspirational band/trumpet man over decades.

@shirokuro Thanks!

Pirro must have gotten hold of the report and that's why she dropped the charges against the Olympic guy. She dropped the charges on August 4th; report is dated the 6th. The blue coating applied to the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool this summer failed in at least 85 places because of errors in the renovation, including the premature refilling of the basin before the liner had fully dried, according to an inspection report obtained by The Washington Post. The Aug. 6 report, commissioned by the contractor that did the work, documents far more damage than has been previously reported. President Donald Trump has generally attributed the damage to vandals, but the report makes no mention of vandalism to the liner and blames the problems on the use of improper materials and a rush to complete the job. The administration wanted the project finished in time for the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary. The 75-page “failure analysis” by Atlantic Coating Inspection includes scores of photos documenting the liner’s deficiencies — ranging in severity and including blisters, peeling and cracks — and identifies their likely causes. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/reflecting-pool-liner-failed-in-85-places-after-flawed-renovation-inspection-found/ar-AA2edde0 tl;dr - The report notes a ton of reasons the paint peeled; none of them involved vandalism. There was also a lot more damage than previously reported. The Delusional One gets the last word: Last Tuesday, as the repairs were nearing completion, Trump told reporters that the latest fixes would make the pool “as vandal-proof as you can get.”

Link to video This isn't AI. It isn't "fake". I said some of these people are serious people. Paula is a former diplomat. Her work is impeccable, even if I think her long form videos ramble on. She needs an editor. But, yes, this is what it looks like when the admiration a nation has for a person implodes.

[image: 13842.jpg] Cyclamen and violas

Marble House, Newport Link to video Caim to fame- childhood home of Consuelo Vanderbilt, Her Grace The Dutchess of Marlborough. Doesn't do it for me at all, not the exterior, not the interior. Narrator attributes it as an homage to the Petit Trianon. https://www.chateauversailles.fr/decouvrir/domaine/domaine-trianon/petit-trianon In any case, everything the Petite Trianon is- Marble House is the opposite, imho.

I've decided I'll leave my current (sic) one plugged in when I'm at home and awake. I've rearranged what is plugged in to what power strips and extension cords also.

@jon-nyc Ok, circling back. Please see- Nanazi Retro Phone Handset,Wired Plug-in Vintage Phone with Microphone, Anti-radiation, Wired Phone Accessory with Volume Control, Compatible with iPhone and Android Phones, Type-C Interface ...at Walmart's site.

Daniel said: Yes, moving. Thanks, people. New skit about my alma mater. Link to video He/ they continue to find ways to fulfill their destructive mission. DeDantis called it (it that de facto is no longer extant) "Marxist" and "a Marxist commune". This isn't ignorance. It's beyond ignorance. It's venality.