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1 hour ago, ABay said:
Package store is a New England thing. They sell hard liquor and wine. Beer, of course, you can buy at the grocery store. But not cider. Except some similar things like Mike's Hard Lemonade. Liquor stores have only been allowed to open on Sundays for the last few years. Fucking Puritans, man.
ETA: I am commenting by not commenting on the Falls, Canada, and "upstate".😉
I remember being in Provincetown on a Sunday with some friends. We were at a nice bar/restaurant type place, listening to a great band. It was so frustrating because per blue laws, dancing on Sunday wasn't allowed (but drinking sure was!)
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We took the scenic tour on our way to a wedding in Michigan. Stopped at Niagara Falls (I'd never been that far over in "way" upstate NY) & went up to Niagara-on-the-Lake to a B&B. We'd been told about ice wine but didn't try it (I'd heard it was a bit sweet). The strange thing for me is, whenever I'm in Canada, I don't realize I'm in a foreign country until I watch the news or read a newspaper (except for Nova Scotia...I can feel it there). The US is lucky to have such a good neighbor. It's been said though, that for Canadians, it's like living upstairs from a meth lab 🙀.
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@ECM1231 Your post...the part about the loss of your stepson on 9/11, made me teary-eyed. I am so sorry. Re: the custom of taking a casserole or a dessert to the home? It exists in NY. I'm from the lower mid-Hudson Valley and my mom and her friends and other women in the community did this after a death in the family (or when a mother was ill, friends brought meals). I think it's done all over the country. Several years ago, one of our neighbors lost some family members when a plane crashed into their house. I went to Wegmans, searched for a meal, couldn't find anything suitable & bought a big chocolate & whipped cream pie. She mentioned that pie several times afterward, how good it was, how much they enjoyed it, etc., (& I'd felt bad because I hadn't made a casserole). It doesn't take much to show sympathy. A pie, a simple card...even more so, an interest in listening to one's friend or relative afterward, when they just need to talk about the person(s) no longer here.
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1 hour ago, Gharlane said:
I never liked All In The Family because everyone was always yelling at each other and it was obvious that we were supposed to side with "Meathead".
Me too. I also, as a little kid, didn't like Jackie Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was a big man, he was always yelling, and always threatening to hit his wife (by sending her to the moon). But I loved the other main characters, especially Ed Norton.
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Aren't liquor stores in CT called "package stores"? Having also grown up in the Pleistocene Era in NYS, I remember being able to drink at age 18. There were a lot of teens from CT & NJ killed on their way home from NYS bars back then.
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27 minutes ago, ABay said:
I don't remember any music in the mri. I ran through a few musicals and counted to 100 in German in my head.
Didn't they give you headphones? That's where the music comes from. I'd never heard an ad until the other day. There's got to be generic music they can buy and use over & over without any fees.
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I'm getting used to the unusual shade of green. Not happy with the koi pond plans. Who knows if the buyers will take care of them??
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Michelle was at her best, IMO, when Frank was her coach & Lori Nichols was her choreographer. I just read somewhere that he started out as a pond skater (as a former pond skater, that touches my heart). RIP, Frank.
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The other day I had an MRI. They asked what kind of music I'd prefer & I selected Spa music. So, I'm rolled into the tube, listening to the delicate strains of spa music, imagining myself floating in a lagoon, peaceful, serene. I hear the typical noises of the imaging stuff, then back to spa music, relaxed...
"You are going to die! Bwahahahaha" a horrid voice screamed. Then it went on screaming about some people being there, and I realized it was some kind of event promo. Then the spa music returned, then the imaging clonks & pounding, then spa music. By the time I got out of it, I was wiped out. Forgot to tell the tech about the screaming promo as all I wanted to do was get the hell outta there. I then went to Trader Joe's and bought a ton of stuff, including a bottle of Stella Pinot Grigio ($9.99!) & enjoyed it with supper. Got an email from the radiology company asking about my experience & I mentioned the screaming message I received! One of my friends said, "Only *you* would experience something like this". True. 😁
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7 hours ago, Yeah No said:
I have another peeve. Newscasters now seem to say someone "pleaded" guilty in the past tense. Now I know it's acceptable to use that term but pretty much all my life they universally used to say simply "pled guilty", which could also be spelled plead (rhyming with lead). Why did they all of a sudden change? I was happy with the old way. "Pleaded" sounds awkward to me.
Yes, it does. Just like "dived" sounds awkward to me (I cringe whenever I see this word). But dived & dove are both correct (per MW). Dove came about in the US in the 1800s and it's the word I was taught in school. Dived is still in use in GB. But lately I've been seeing/hearing only dived here in the States (& I don't like it...not one itty bit! 🧐)
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In eastern NC, it's pronounced diabeTEES (at least it was back in the 70s-90s, by middle-aged & older folks).
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I've lost a recipe for Yellow Squash Casserole like the one that Mrs. Willis Restaurant in Morehead City, NC would offer (the restaurant closed years ago). It has cream cheese in it (absolutely no cheddar!!) and a crunchy topping. It's really good. I think it might have some chicken broth mixed into the cream cheese to make a sauce.
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I've been trying to think of others. Maybe the Sinatra siblings, Nancy & Frank Jr. Would Lorenzo Lamas qualify? He did surpass his dad, Fernando, in the # of marriages (5).
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I haven't been thrilled with the plans (except for the patio/pool/clearing out shrubs to enhance the view). But Jo has good taste so I expect to like the finished product. Her kitchens are almost always beautiful.
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I used to be a phone person (starting as a teen when I could chat forever). Now? I prefer emails (will text whenever it's needed).
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@Spartan Girl It isn't you. Your friend has moved on and doesn't treasure a decades-long friendship from childhood (like you do). That's really sad. But...you're a good person & you don't need to be beating yourself up over this. Don't invest any more precious time pondering this situation. Instead, invest your time finding some new friends.
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I love veggie and/or cheese-filled ravioli. TJ's various ravioli are very good. I make a butter sauce.
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In my experience, the tornado sounded like a 747. I lived in a flight path to the airport so at first I thought it was one of those huge planes flying very low (since I'd never heard a tornado before).
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Good grief! I just learned on the news that people are not buckling-up. Excuse me, but I can remember what it was like before seat belt requirements...and what classmates, friends, etc., looked like after flying through windshields.
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32 minutes ago, Annber03 said:
It's always interesting the creative ways people will spell common names sometimes, in an attempt to make them stand out a litltle more.
But what a PITA for the kids who always have to spell their names. I always had to spell my simple, 5 letter last name. It was incredible how people mispronounced it, turning it into a completely different name. When I worked on the hill, I introduced myself using only my middle name and for several years, while in DC, never had to spell my last name. Years later I married a guy whose last name always has to be spelled & is always mangled (but it's a Swiss name, so I get it). It must be great to have a name like Johnson, Anderson, Smith, Jones 🤗
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I know someone whose govt job involved visiting day care centers around her state. She swears that one little kid was named Ninetyfivesouth (cause that's where he was born!) Some of the kids were named after automobiles, soaps, etc. Wish I could remember the names. 95S must be about 25+ now. Hope he changed his name a long time ago.
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7 hours ago, Browncoat said:
There was a piece on (I think) CBS Sunday Morning recently about people who actually pay other people to pick their babies' names.
Why do they let someone else name their child?
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Speaking of baby names, I'm so happy that real first names are returning. I've encountered Stella, Cora, Lily, Amelia, and just yesterday, (at Wegmans) a very adorable baby boy named Miles, sitting in the cart, whose big blue eyes were attracting all the grandmas 🤗.
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52 minutes ago, Dimity said:
I enjoy reading "cozy" mysteries and can get very involved with following all the titles in a series but I'm realising I have a major peeve. Often the author spends a lot of time creating engaging characters that are meant to be in only one novel and the story very often ends with the discovery of the killer. Which makes sense of course. But does mean that the reader is left wondering what happened next for the people we got involved with!
If you like mysteries with recurring characters, I highly recommend the Miss Zukas series. She's a librarian in a town on the west coast of WA (originally from MI). She's no-nonsense (& that in itself is a bit amusing) but has an artist friend (from childhood) who's funny. The sheriff and a couple associates at the library appear throughout the series. When I read the last book, I emailed the author, Jo Dereske, but didn't get a response. Loved this series--cozy without the cutesiness.
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Pet Peeves: Aka Things That Make You Go "Gah!"
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Your cryptic post reminded me of the many regional divisions in New York State. Back in 1996 when I found a forum for NYS, I was astounded to learn that New Yorkers were *still* arguing about "where upstate really begins". This was 20 years after I'd moved out of NYS. That forum seems to have disappeared. I wonder if somewhere, they're still arguing: is it Westchester? the Catskills? I think there were 6-7 regions, different accents, different foods, until in recent years, when "city" people began moving north.