voyager Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Am reminded of a cheeky desk clerk in Paris. I asked him to check the latest weather forecast for me and he refused. "Non? Non?" "After I check for you, Madam, you will know no more than you do now!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 I am having anger issues with Michael Avenuto, the newish forecaster on NY1. He always seems to start with, "Looking outside now..." I'VE GOT A FUCKING WINDOW!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Kid is back from camp. And I missed him. Of course there's also this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 I have to go to the Post Office today. You know what THAT means! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 We got the first fruits from our white nectarine and European plum trees. More to come next year, hopefully. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 23 hours ago, Sneakeater said: I have to go to the Post Office today. You know what THAT means! Muncan run???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Yo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 John Kander at 97 not in the RIP thread. Only reason I know is his nephew being forceful on social media about using his music for certain political campaigns and we “liked”each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Got to cross visiting Fenway Park off my bucket list. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Fenway would be great if they could just change the people who go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (I don't mean you obvs.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maison rustique Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Back when I lived in Boston back in the late 70s/early 80s and worked in advertising, one of the publishing companies had a lovely lunch followed by going to the game on opening day every year. Tons of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 10 hours ago, Sneakeater said: Fenway would be great if they could just change the people who go there. Fortunately, there were a lot of Jays fans at the games. And no one said anything about the boy's NY Yankees kippah, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieL Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Went to Fenway years ago as part of an outing associated with my sister's graduation from Boston University. We were in the bleachers, it was so chilly that we were drinking hot chocolate, and I still managed to get badly burned on my face. The supreme irony is that it was Skin Cancer Awareness Day at the ballpark and they had given out packets of sunscreen to fans. At least the Sox lost to the Angels that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 I think the only baseball stadium I've been to outside New York was the Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City; and yes, I had to look up the name). Just the other day, I told people I had never been to Shea Stadium. This was true, but I completely forgot sitting in a box at MetLife a year or two ago, courtesy of Oracle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 The ballpark in Baltimore is nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Camden Yards is on my list of parks I want to visit. Wrigley and Dodger's Stadium are on the bucket list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell101 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 (edited) Baseball stadiums I’ve been to. Some multiple stadiums in same city. Yankee Stadium fenway Dodger Stadium camden yards citifield pittsburgh milwaukee minnesota SF oakland seattle coors field wrigley comiskey KC cincinnati Dallas houston atlanta miami Tampa san diego Milwaukee and Seattle are very underrated. Edited August 29 by Mitchell101 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 I've been to 4 Yankee games in the past 5 years. All have been at Camden Yards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 (edited) Old or new Comiskey? I've been to the "new" one. In '96, vs. McGwire's Oakland A's team. Additionally been I've to - Both versions of Yankee Stadium Shea CitiField Fenway Coors Field Dolphins Stadium (Marlins) Oakland San Francisco Toronto We happened to be in Seattle in '01 during the ALCS and were able to get tix for game 6. Fortunately, the Yanks won the series in 5. (I attended two WS games that year) Edited August 29 by bloviatrix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Wow - those are good runs! I've only been to Shea, Citi, Yankee 1, Yankee 2, Candlestick, Oakland, Progressive (nee Jacobs) Field, Philadelphia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maison rustique Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Might be a strange place to post this. Not really cheerful, but thankful. My husband finally escaped the hell that is dementia. He passed this morning around 1:30. I'm so happy that he isn't suffering any more. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 1 hour ago, maison rustique said: Might be a strange place to post this. Not really cheerful, but thankful. My husband finally escaped the hell that is dementia. He passed this morning around 1:30. I'm so happy that he isn't suffering any more. My condolences - may his memory be a blessing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozrapp Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 (edited) @maison rustique, My sincerest condolences. I know exactly how you feel because that’s how I felt when they called to tell me my mother had died (in Jan. 2001). She had progressive supranuclear palsy. I was her major caretaker, and her final days were awful for her. I was glad that she was no longer suffering (she had actually signaled that she was ready to go) and felt huge relief for myself. Edited August 29 by rozrapp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 glad to hear he is out of that hell (and you too). and glad that you have memories of the time before to sustain you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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