@mary-anna ️️️ Of course me with piano. But also my mother (age 82). She moved here last June and has recently joined a choir. She loves it. Sometimes I help her prep, she comes to my house and we sit at the piano so I can play her notes, that kind of thing. It’s really nice

@Mary-Anna I love crocheted afghans. I crocheted quite a bit as a teenager. Made one huge granny square; just kept going around and around using up whatever tidbits of yarn I could find. (Lot's of acrylic in those days, from Woolworth. Ironic.) Yours, above, is beautiful. It looks much appreciated.

There was this wonderful Greek restaurant in Sarasota back in the day. Our standard go to restaurant for dinner was a Thai restaurant owned by my friend's parents. On special occasions (any time we went was one), we went to an outdoor Barbeque restaurant in Sarasota's Black neighborhood. My friends and I almost always went out for lunch or dinner or someone made dinner and we'd have a dinner party. We didn't use the mandatory cafeteria plan very often but in fairness, the entire price of the plan was only about $275. adjusted for inflation. We used some of it. I don't like going out to eat now. I don't even like ordering food. It's almost always a disappointment.

@AndyD Envious that you are so close to Newby. Does look like a great place.

Did you know that wifi can (and presumably does) provide a 3-D imaging of you as you move around your home? Scariness is abundant!

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Holy wow, that’s spectacular. I could totally live there if I had unlimited funds and several full time gardeners for the topiary.

@beelady That second one looks like it's right up my alley! Thanks!

@Axtremus I scanned a few pages just to get a feel for what's in that bill. Very interesting and a good reference. Thanks for posting it!

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@AdagioM said: I sold my digital piano several years ago. Roland FP something or other. I like the way sound runs through me from my acoustic piano way better. Same! When we moved from Japan back to the U.S., for a long time (7 years?) a digital was all I had (apartment life). After I finished grad school, I kept the digital even though I had two different uprights (not at the same time), both were kind of crummy, but I always played the acoustic pianos, even though they were not the greatest instruments. But when I bought my grand, I finally sold the digital. I knew I would never play it.

@AndyD Beautiful stuff!

Link to video Just read Netanyahu's letter about it. Who the hell is he?!