Plot thickens on mailbox

[Julie Bove]

I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he launched
into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was Juliette. Then
something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in. He put it in and we
have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic of the mailbox. Why? I
don't know.

When I told him that it wasn't the right mailbox, he said the guy ordered a
10 slot. They don't make them that way. They never did. Ours was in fact a 9
slot. The closest thing they had was a 12 slot but for some reason he
convinced the guy to take a 13 slot. Something about the slots were bigger
so maybe we didn't need package lockers. Pretty sure this unit has one
package locker. Said if we wanted package lockers, we'd have to pay for and
put another unit in.

So... I'm still just a confused. I still have no key. But Ross is messaging
me. He sent me a scan of the invoice. Not sure how he got that. Said he
thought the keys were not done yet and the guy would contact us when they
were done. Sometime this week. He too said we each owe $200. Hmmm...

[dsi1]

I can't say what you should do but I'd just tell him that I no contract or verbal agreement with him but $100 would be agreeable to me. If it was agreeable with him, I'd give him the hundred bucks in cash when he gave me the key - preferably at the box so the key can be verified to work. Easy as pie.

[Hank Rogers]

But without large package lockers how will you survive? You order
most of your food, remember?

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-07-06 7:30 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
> launched into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was
> Juliette. Then something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in.
> He put it in and we have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic
> of the mailbox. Why? I don't know.
>

Knock me over with a feather. I predicted there would be more drama.

[Hank Rogers]

Hell it's only the tip of the iceberg. The drama won't play out for
months to come.

[Mike Duffy]

On Mon, 06 Jul 2020 22:06:46 -0500, Hank Rogers wrote:

> Hell it's only the tip of the iceberg. The drama won't play out for
> months to come.

Maybe she can install one of those tracker apps onto a cell phone and
mail it to herself. At least that way, she would know where her mail is
going.

At the moment, the only suggestion I can think of that is more
complicated is afixing insufficient postage to ensure that it gets
returned to sender, as well as renting a PO box for the return address.

[Hank Rogers]

Good idea, but I don't think you can buy postage stamps in Bothell.

[Mike Duffy]

On Mon, 06 Jul 2020 22:37:42 -0500, Hank Rogers wrote:

> Mike Duffy wrote:

>> At the moment, the only suggestion I can think of that is more
>> complicated is afixing insufficient postage to ensure that it gets
>> returned to sender, as well as renting a PO box for the return address.


> Good idea, but I don't think you can buy postage stamps in Bothell.

Ahh, but my good Hank, (assuming it is not the bad Hank I'm talking to),
this is perfect. What better way to insure insufficient postage than to
'forget' to afix *any* postage?

[Sqwertz]

She wanted to start a new thread since she might get caught up in
her lies if she reuses one of the previous 3 threads on the subject.
She thinks that if she starts a new thread we can't catch her
contradictions.

She contradicted herself twice while quoting herself otherwise in
the last thread.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 03:49:05 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy wrote:

> Ahh, but my good Hank, (assuming it is not the bad Hank I'm talking to),
> this is perfect. What better way to insure insufficient postage than to
> 'forget' to afix *any* postage?

We don't have a Good Hank. Nobody needs or wants to forge Hank.

-sw

[Bruce]

On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 23:21:32 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

>On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 03:49:05 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy wrote:
>
>> Ahh, but my good Hank, (assuming it is not the bad Hank I'm talking to),
>> this is perfect. What better way to insure insufficient postage than to
>> 'forget' to afix *any* postage?
>
>We don't have a Good Hank.

Indeed. There's only boring, repetitive, gross Hank.

[Hank Rogers]

Thank yoose Gruce, so nice of you. <snif snif>

[Julie Bove]

"dsi1" <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote in message
news:235f91f7-581d-443c...@googlegroups.com...

That sounds good to me!

[Julie Bove]

"Sqwertz" <sqwe...@gmail.invalid> wrote in message
news:1hbdunts...@sqwertz.com...

> Well, you're a natural sucker. Julie just needs to take her ass down
> to thej post office and pick up her fucking keys. Who is Ross - her
> gardner? That explains it - he (or whoever) in on this scam.
>
> There are no "keys to make up" Each box comes with 3 keys from the
> manufacturer (with extra locks and keys replacement locks on request
> from the post office = they're universal and fit many different
> types).
>
> You making this purposely hard on yourself Julie. Which is also is
> 1000% WHAT YOU DO - It's you're signature MO in everything you do!
> Takle your ass down to the post office and stop this nonsense.

Ross is my neighbor. The post office did not install the box. A guy named
Dave does all of the installation of mailboxes. The post office does not
have the keys.

[Julie Bove]

"Hank Rogers" <Nos...@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:re0dh6$10u5$1...@gioia.aioe.org...

Food doesn't usually come USPS.

[Julie Bove]

"Sqwertz" <sqwe...@gmail.invalid> wrote in message

news:yqixne8y...@sqwertz.com...

> <yawn> This is a non-issue. I think you're just making this shit up
> or falling for some sort of scam. Block the guy from your phone and
> move along. Th post office replaced it. I'm 1000% sure of it yet
> you continue to play dumb and ignorant.

Nooo they didn't. If they did, wouldn't they have said that? We've all been
there repeatedly. We've all been told that a neighbor had it installed. Who
this person is, we do not know.

[jmcquown]

On 7/6/2020 7:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
> launched into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was
> Juliette. Then something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in.
> He put it in and we have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic
> of the mailbox. Why? I don't know.
>

I have to wonder... does anyone actually care about Julie's mailbox?

Jill

[Bruce]

On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 05:29:19 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Y'all seem to, a lot! Especially Sqwertz. Shows you what a caring guy
he is.

[Gary]

This group seems to be an offshoot of the show,
"Pit Bulls and Parolees"

[Gary]

Here's an old funny. When my daughter was off to college (UVA),
I got a letter from her once with no stamp. Stamps cost about
33 cents each then.

She didn't have a stamp available so she scotch-taped
3 dimes and 3 pennies to the envelope.

My guess it that the postal workers saw that and laughed
so they did send it on to me with the coins still attached.
Maybe the college return address helped. Wacky college kids.

[Bruce]

Postal workers with a sense of humour. That's dying out. And not just
with postal workers.

[Sheldon Martin]

On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 "Julie Bove" wrote:
>
>Food doesn't usually come USPS.

Amazon sends us lots of food items, usually through USPS or UPS. I
think which carrier depends on from which Amazon warehouse. A lot of
food items can be purchased from Amazon for lower prices than from
grocery stores. We don't buy perishables from Amazon but we do buy a
lot of foods in cans, jars, boxes. Amazon has the best deal on
spices/dried herbs, usually in restaurant sized containers... if you
use a lot of peppercorns Amazon is the place to buy, and I find no
difference in quality than from Penzeys. In fact Amazon's seems
fresher and is packaged better; 1 1/3 pounds of white peppercorns
comes in a rectangular plastic container. I save those rectangular
plastic containers in various sizes, they take up less freezer space
than cylinders.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peppercorns+whole&crid=P9S7YL7S53CU&sprefix=peppercorns%2Cspecialty-aps-sns%2C190&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_5_11
Amazon beats your local pharmacy on OTC meds... I save even more by
adding some items to their Subscribe & Save program.

[Sqwertz]

On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 23:22:21 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:

> Ross is my neighbor. The post office did not install the box. A guy named
> Dave does all of the installation of mailboxes. The post office does not
> have the keys.

You said that Ross said "Dave, a USPS guy" installed the mailbox.
Are you now taking what you said back, or do you want to try and
bend it somehow to where you didn't say that?

-sw

[Sheldon Martin]

On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 05:29:19 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

It's not even Julie's mailbox, it belongs to the USPS the same as my
PO Box. However I pay yearly rent for my PO Box.
My country mailbox at the side of the road belongs to me, I purchased
it, installed it, and it's my responsibility to maintain it... but I
pay no rent for it, the USPS delivers mail to it the same as they
would and often do to my front door.
If the communal mailbox that Julie uses with others becomes damaged
they must have a binding agreement for maintaining it. So far it
appears that Julie hasn't a clue regarding the provisions of using
that communal mailbox.
We have one of those communal mailboxes that's used by the tenants in
that shopping center/strip mall in our village... it belongs to the
USPS... I don't believe they are concerned about damage, that thing is
built like a tank, and it's obvious that there are several cameras
installed atop the lighting poles some 40' high focused on it 24/7...
at night that entire area is lit up like a sunny day. At one end
there's a new Dunkin Donuts in the middle of the parking lot that
never closes, cop cars are in there all the time. We don't have a
Police Department per se, all those cop cars are marked County Sheriff
or State Trooper. I'm sure there are lots more cameras surveying the
area, that strip mall contains three banks. These days there's no
escape from cameras, every business has them, every cell phone.

[jmcquown]

On 7/7/2020 12:12 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 05:29:19 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/6/2020 7:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
>>> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
>>> launched into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was
>>> Juliette. Then something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in.
>>> He put it in and we have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic
>>> of the mailbox. Why? I don't know.
>>>
>> I have to wonder... does anyone actually care about Julie's mailbox?
>>
>> Jill
>
> It's not even Julie's mailbox, it belongs to the USPS the same as my
> PO Box. However I pay yearly rent for my PO Box.

(snippage)

> We have one of those communal mailboxes that's used by the tenants in
> that shopping center/strip mall in our village... it belongs to the
> USPS... I don't believe they are concerned about damage, that thing is
> built like a tank, and it's obvious that there are several cameras
> installed atop the lighting poles some 40' high focused on it 24/7...

Appropos of nothing, there is a communal mailbox like that in the strip
mall where I worked at H&R Block last year. The people I worked with
(one woman, Estella, had been there 30 years) had no idea we even had a
mailbox. All the mail was supposed to be delivered to the larger H&R
office on the other side of town. One day someone from the USPS came in
and said they were going to re-key all those boxes because they had a
new mail carrier taking over that route; how many keys would we need?
Estella said "We have a mailbox?" LOL

Jill

[dsi1]

If you're the kind of person that hates to be conned into being forced to buy stuff without an agreement, you could also rent a mailbox from the post office or a mail box service. In my case, that would be easy enough since the PO is located down the street. My guess it that it might be a hassle to get to yours.

In our condo, it took quite a while to agree on a design for new mail box installation. It seemed like a lot of fuss but our new mail boxes are back loaded and more roomy. Quite efficient! We also have a spiffy set of parcel lockers. The new boxes will fit our mailing needs well into the future.

[Julie Bove]

"Sqwertz" <sqwe...@gmail.invalid> wrote in message

news:p0os3s7uvw7z$.dlg@sqwertz.com...

That's what he said. Ross is my neighbor. Dave said he is the one who does
all of the installations for mail boxes. I didn't ask Dave who he works for
but he said he was hired by a guy (one of my neighbors) to install the box.
He made it sound like he ordered the box too but he was nutty sounding.
Thought my name was Juliette and kept launching into some Shakespeare stuff.

[Julie Bove]

"Sheldon Martin" <penm...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:7dt8gf1ecan7ngmbc...@4ax.com...

I don't order much food from Amazon. I did get some almonds from Amazon
Fresh as they had the cheapest price. Most of my food comes from Boxed.
Jet/Walmart (Jet is now Walmart), Target or Target through Google Shopping,
and sometimes Costco. This stuff either comes UPS or from one of the store's
drivers.

[jmcquown]

Um, that would be 'Juliet'... ;)

Jill

[jmcquown]

These days there's no telling which carrier is doing the delivering. I
ordered some cat supplies from Chewy last month and the person who
delivered it arrived driving a bright yellow Penske truck. (For those
who don't know, Penske is a rental truck service, like U-Haul, usually
rented by people who are moving, not delivering supplies.)

Jill

[Sheldon Martin]

On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 19:23:40 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

We buy about $200 worth of pet food a month from Chewy, all delivered
by UPS. Never a problem, if we see them coming they bring if all into
our garage.

[Alex]

Penske is a huge renter to businesses.  Our FedEx guy showed up in one
when his truck was down.

[jmcquown]

Yeah, well I don't have a hurd of cats <G> I was quite surprised to see
the Penske truck. The driver left the box outside of my garage, didn't
attempt to bring it into the garage or even let me know it had been
delivered. I wouldn't have known it had been delivered if I hadn't been
sitting where I could see the truck stop at the end of the driveway and
the person drop it off.

Jill

[Dave Smith]

There are all sorts of sub contractors making deliveries these days.
Online shopping had already been increasing but then this pandemic came
along and online became the only way to get a lot of goods. The first
few things I bought online were disappointingly slow arriving, but then
the started speeding up. The best was a small item I ordered from
BestBuys. I ordered it at about 11 am one morning and it arrived at 2pm
the next day...... not the post office.

[Mike Duffy]

On Mon, 06 Jul 2020 23:45:11 -0500, Hank Rogers wrote:

> Thank yoose Gruce, so nice of you. <snif snif>

I was kidding, Hank. I was at one time belabouring under the
misapprehension that there were two Sheldons, one always forged (i.e. the
'bad' Sheldon).

And because I was using a novel-for-me newsreader, I was often off-by-one
regarding attributions and for a while I conflated ds1 with 'good'
Sheldon.

I mean, let's face it. I have never before seen a newsgroup where the
forgeries are so common that the forgers sometimes append their real
aliases (?) in brackets to help out newcomers.


Anyways, to be brutally honest, I initially thought that your posts were
a bit gross in terms of tone. But then, I realized that 'bad' Hank
usually only appears for the pathetically insecure fart-sniffer who in
his desperation for any type of attention always has his fully erect
snout front & centre, ready to go where angels fear to tread.

[Hank Rogers]

Hahahahahahaha!

Oh gawd help us if ever there are *two* Popeyes ... LOL.

[Bruce]

On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 02:55:01 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy <bo...@nosuch.com>
wrote:

>I was kidding, Hank. I was at one time belabouring under the
>misapprehension that there were two Sheldons, one always forged (i.e. the
>'bad' Sheldon).
>
>And because I was using a novel-for-me newsreader, I was often off-by-one
>regarding attributions and for a while I conflated ds1 with 'good'
>Sheldon.

That had nothing to do with your newsreader, but everything with your
denseness.

>I mean, let's face it. I have never before seen a newsgroup where the
>forgeries are so common that the forgers sometimes append their real
>aliases (?) in brackets to help out newcomers.

Huh? lol

>Anyways, to be brutally honest, I initially thought that your posts were
>a bit gross in terms of tone. But then, I realized that 'bad' Hank
>usually only appears for the pathetically insecure fart-sniffer who in
>his desperation for any type of attention always has his fully erect
>snout front & centre, ready to go where angels fear to tread.

Ah, we can add Mike to team Sheldon, Hank and Greg. The Fab Four, so
to speak, a new elderly boy band.

[Julie Bove]

"dsi1" <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote in message

news:091578ac-4299-4105...@googlegroups.com...

---

I don't want to rent a PO box. Far too expensive and inconvenient/

My concern is... What if someone hits it again? Then we have to pay again. I
still can't see how it was hit unless it was done on purpose.

[Julie Bove]

"jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:pn7NG.14799$cc1....@fx29.iad...

I stand corrected. I'm not into Shakespeare.

[Ophelia]

"Julie Bove" wrote in message news:re3l3e$24s$1...@dont-email.me...

===

Juliette is not an uncommon name:)

[Gary]

Shakespeare was an old time perve. People that knew him well
called him, "Shakes-his-spear"

Saw a funny Hamlet segment in a movie once.
"Last Action Hero"
Arnold S. was Hamlet. It was filmed in B&W to simulate
an old thing. He was sitting there with a castle in the
background and he said, "To be or not to be."

Then immediately he said, "NOT TO BE!" And he pushed a
button on a remote control device and the castle in the
distance behind him blew up in full color. lol

[Ed Pawlowski]

Check to see if your homeowner's insurance covers it. Deductible may be
higher than what you paid though.

[Cindy Hamilton]

"An old thing" was clearly the Laurence Olivier movie of Hamlet.
Since Joan Plowright was Olivier's wife and played the boy's teacher,
it was extra funny for me.

Cindy Hamilton

[jmcquown]

Shakespeare was required reading when I was in high school. And I
absolutely loved Franco Zefferelli's film version, musical score by Nino
Rota.

Jill

[Cindy Hamilton]

That was a good one, although I think the story is stupid. Two other
favorites of mine are Taming of the Shrew, with Elizabeth Taylor and
Richard Burton, and Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing.

Cindy Hamilton

[Dave Smith]

We used to do a Shakespeare play every year in high school. I took a
first year English course at university and they did four of them over a
period of two weeks. The worst mistake I ever made was taking a course
on English Drama to 1642 <?> and they did four Shakespeare plays in one
week. Bad choice of courses for me because I have a hard time reading
plays at the best of time. Shakespeare is hard enough to read, but the
earlier works covered were even harder to read because the language was
quite different.

[jmcquown]

That's what Cliff's Notes were for. ;)

Jill

[graham]

My absolute favourite is The Merchant of Venice in the version starring
Al Pacino in the title role.

[Julie Bove]

"Ed Pawlowski" <e...@snet.xxx> wrote in message
news:JFjNG.44147$r25....@fx08.iad...

I doubt it since it's not on my property.

[Julie Bove]

"Ophelia" <oph...@elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
news:hmllud...@mid.individual.net...

It's not very common here. There's the actress Juliette Lewis and the other
cateress Juliet Mills. Don't know of any others.

[Julie Bove]

"jmcquown" <j_mc...@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:pKpNG.56371$zX4....@fx41.iad...

We saw the movie of Romeo and Juliet. I don't think we read any of the books
except for small portions here and there. We didn't have a lot of required
reading. Mostly we were allowed to choose our own books,

[Gary]

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>
> jmcquown wrote:
> > Shakespeare was required reading when I was in high school. And I
> > absolutely loved Franco Zefferelli's film version, musical score by Nino
> > Rota.
>
> That was a good one, although I think the story is stupid. Two other
> favorites of mine are Taming of the Shrew, with Elizabeth Taylor and
> Richard Burton, and Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing.

I do remember a school field trip to watch the play,
"Taming of the Shrew." On the way there, I was expecting
a play about a mouse-like creature. DOH!

[bruce2...@gmail.com]

They stream past Shakespeare plays at a few websites like PBS.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/shakespeare-uncovered/

[Bruce]

Gary, please tell me it was a free school field trip.

[Julie Bove]

"Gary" <g.ma...@att.net> wrote in message news:5F06EAA3...@att.net...

I thought that too when I saw the movie.

[Cindy Hamilton]

And this is why we have a reputation as a nation of Philistines.

Cindy Hamilton

[dsi1]

At least you knew that a shrew was a small, mouse-like creature. We don't have no stinkin' shrews here. I saw that play in grade school. It was a barrel of laughs - not! OTOH, Lawrence Harvey as Hamlet is a role not to be missed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bXAj_-LAK4

[Gary]

Bruce wrote:

>
> Gary wrote:
> >I do remember a school field trip to watch the play,
> >"Taming of the Shrew." On the way there, I was expecting
> >a play about a mouse-like creature. DOH!
>
> Gary, please tell me it was a free school field trip.

Free for kid me. Don't know if mom and dad paid.

Many of my school years were in the Washington DC
suburbs and so many of our school field trips were
to tourist attractions in the nations capital.

The White House
Supreme Court building
Capital building
Lincoln and Jefferson memorials
A few to Smithsonian museum buildings
Washington monument
National Art gallery on and on...

Even a trip to Mt.Vernon once where George Washington
lived. The guide there pointed out the actual bed that
he died on. TMO

[jmcquown]

On 7/9/2020 9:28 AM, Gary wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>> I do remember a school field trip to watch the play,
>>> "Taming of the Shrew." On the way there, I was expecting
>>> a play about a mouse-like creature. DOH!
>>
>> Gary, please tell me it was a free school field trip.
>
> Free for kid me. Don't know if mom and dad paid.
>

Your parents likely paid via school taxes.

> Many of my school years were in the Washington DC
> suburbs and so many of our school field trips were
> to tourist attractions in the nations capital.
>
> The White House
> Supreme Court building
> Capital building
> Lincoln and Jefferson memorials
> A few to Smithsonian museum buildings
> Washington monument
> National Art gallery on and on...
>
> Even a trip to Mt.Vernon once where George Washington
> lived. The guide there pointed out the actual bed that
> he died on. TMO
>

When we lived in Virginia when I was a kid I went on separate school
field trips to Monticello, Mount Vernon and the Smithsonian.

Monticello was way cool because Thomas Jefferson had a bed set in the
wall between his bedroom and his office. He could get out of bed in
either room, depending on where he wanted to be. Jefferson invented the
"Lazy Susan" and the Dumb Waiter. We all know he owned slaves; he
didn't want the slaves listening in to dinner conversations so he the
food was delivered via a series of pullies. Only the most trusted staff
was allowed in the room to serve and (we were told) they were dismissed
as soon as the food was on the table.

I have several Lazy Susans in my kitchen. One is right next to the
stove for things I often reach for when I'm cooking.

Oh dear, about Monticello, look at this:

https://www.monticello.org/

Monticello has re-opened in the wake of Covid-19. How sad is it to see
kids in that image wearing face masks? <sigh>

Anyway, when we went to the Smithsonian on the field trip the teachers
suggested we bring some "pocket money" in case we wanted to buy
souveniers in the gift shop. I bought a couple of Audubon bird prints.
Parakeets! I still have those Audubon prints. :)

Jill

[Sheldon Martin]

>"Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
>
> If you're the kind of person that hates to be conned into being forced to
> buy stuff without an agreement, you could also rent a mailbox from the
> post office or a mail box service. In my case, that would be easy enough
> since the PO is located down the street. My guess it that it might be a
> hassle to get to yours.

I've had a PO Box most of my life, since I was seven years old. I
never found it any hassle... I don't go to the PO Box every day, twice
a week is plenty... and the area with the PO Boxes is always
accessable. It's only if there's a notice to pick up a package at the
counter after hours that I need to return in a day or two, I've never
gotten any package that I needed right away. And since I order a lot
of mail order items the post office is heated so liquids won't freeze.
I can specify mail orders be sent to the PO Box or to our house.
whichever is more convenient for me... at the house it goes to our
country mail box and that freezes in winter. PO Box rental is not
expensive unless you want/need a large box. I rent the smallest size
and it costs only $35/yr... I consider that a bargain. I never need
to deal with all the foibles that Julie has. If I'm waiting for
something in particular I can phone the post office and ask if it's
there before I make the trip, but maybe I phoned 2-3 times in nearly
20 years. I go into town a couple times a week anyway so I usually
check the PO Box, not always, not if I just checked the day before...
it's only 3 1/2 miles to the post office, and there's no traffic here.

[graham]

and to make it palatable, they turned it into "Kiss me, Kate"!

[Ophelia]

"Julie Bove" wrote in message news:re638i$dd8$1...@dont-email.me...

====

:))

[Cindy Hamilton]

Which, actually, wasn't a bad movie. Then again, I have a "thing" for
Howard Keel.

Cindy Hamilton

[GM]

Yup, he is really great in 'Kiss Me Kate', a big hansdsome lusty leering funny baritone...

--
Best
Greg

[Gary]

I have 2 hardback books here now of Audubon prints.

Yes... always took some pocket money for souvenirs.
I also did two all-day Saturday field trips then.
One to New York City, and one to Jamestown-Williamsburg.

When my daughter was in elementary school and I was the
"room mother" I did the Jamestown-Williamsburg trip
again like 25 years later, as a chaperone.
I appreciated the history of it all more as an adult.

[Leo]

On 2020 Jul 9, , jmcquown wrote
(in article <aXFNG.86823$AN2....@fx46.iad>):

> Anyway, when we went to the Smithsonian on the field trip the teachers
> suggested we bring some "pocket money" in case we wanted to buy
> souveniers in the gift shop. I bought a couple of Audubon bird prints.
> Parakeets! I still have those Audubon prints. :)

Maybe, this one?
<https://postimg.cc/rDySZwX8>
I have the 1941 printing of “Birds of America”. Every page could be put
in a frame, but that would ruin the book. Wanna see a great auk or a
passenger pigeon? Maybe an ivory billed woodpecker? They go well with the
Carolina paraquet. Every print in the book is exquisite.
I grew up with “Birds of America” while being babysat in a neighbor’s
house and acquired a decent knowledge of American bird taxonomy from it. I
searched Ebay, or somewhere online, for the book I remembered, about ten
years ago, and got a pretty decent rendition for about thirty bucks. I feel
lucky.

leo

[Leo]

On 2020 Jul 9, , Cindy Hamilton wrote
(in article<f2bfded0-1de1-4ca9...@googlegroups.com>):

> Which, actually, wasn't a bad movie. Then again, I have a "thing" for
> Howard Keel.

Hmm...the last movie I just recently saw him in was “Calamity Jane”,
because I have a “thing” for Doris Day. Thanks, TCM!

leo

[GM]

Great flick...and Doris and John Raitt in "The Pajama Game"...

--
Best
Greg --->>> ADORES Doris Day :-)

[Bryan Simmons]

I love this movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZD2yJMGKXw

--Bryan

[graham]

I last saw AMND at the Globe in London's South Bank. The production in
this replica of a theatre from Shakespeare's time was truly magical.