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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18165 on: May 22, 2018, 09:30:04 AM »
If you get the chance, watch some old episodes (not that there's any other type) of Julia Child.  I think I gain weight just watching the amount of butter she puts in her stuff.
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« Reply #18166 on: May 23, 2018, 12:06:14 PM »
I got sick, 6 days before my trip around the Baltic Sea!! I stayed at home today and luckily it seems that I’m getting better quickly, but that was a close call :P
On the bright side of things, I went to the National Opera and saw two exquisite spectacles in the past few days. Both were collaborations of Treliński and Kudlička, my grandma’s (and thanks to her, mine too now) favourite director and stage designer.
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« Reply #18167 on: May 24, 2018, 04:24:04 AM »
I got sick, 6 days before my trip around the Baltic Sea!! I stayed at home today and luckily it seems that I’m getting better quickly, but that was a close call :P
On the bright side of things, I went to the National Opera and saw two exquisite spectacles in the past few days. Both were collaborations of Treliński and Kudlička, my grandma’s (and thanks to her, mine too now) favourite director and stage designer.

Ooo, I hope you have a lovely trip.  What places are you meant to visit, or is it simply cruising a la the Hotakainens?
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18168 on: May 24, 2018, 07:30:48 AM »
Heading to rendezvous this morning and won't be back until Monday evening. It's a small event, not open to the public, just for 'skinners only. I know a lot of the folks there. Nice to just chill sometimes.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18169 on: May 24, 2018, 08:46:15 AM »
Midwestmutt, have fun!
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« Reply #18170 on: May 24, 2018, 05:49:15 PM »
Ooo, I hope you have a lovely trip.  What places are you meant to visit, or is it simply cruising a la the Hotakainens?

Hahah, I wish :)) it’s a trip with my class. We’re going to Riga, Stockholm, Turku, Helsinki and Tallin. I can’t wait to see them all. Thank you very much!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18171 on: May 25, 2018, 08:50:32 AM »
It's the Glorious 25th of May. Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a Hard-Boiled Egg!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18172 on: May 25, 2018, 12:29:41 PM »
It's the Glorious 25th of May. Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a Hard-Boiled Egg!

Reasonably priced love? I'm not going there. I was listening to Katzenjamer on the way into work. 2 of their songs have the line "where is the love". I remember seeing Oliver on Broadway as an early teen and just being split wide open by the song "Where is love".
Gaah, where did all that come from.

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« Reply #18173 on: May 25, 2018, 01:22:23 PM »
Reasonably priced love? I'm not going there.

It makes a lot more sense if you've read Night Watch.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18174 on: May 25, 2018, 03:01:21 PM »
The lilacs are in bloom, around here.

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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18175 on: May 25, 2018, 05:49:23 PM »
I do like that book! And yes, lilacs. Ours won't flower yet here for three months, since with us it's the start of winter, but I have both purple and white ones in my garden.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18176 on: May 25, 2018, 07:00:04 PM »
Hello all, for some reason, I never noticed that this was a thread  ;D
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18177 on: May 25, 2018, 10:16:03 PM »
It makes a lot more sense if you've read Night Watch.

K, I need to read more Pratchett anyway.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18178 on: May 25, 2018, 11:54:51 PM »
I reckon you would enjoy that one.
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« Reply #18179 on: May 26, 2018, 09:10:39 AM »
Night Watch is IMO one of Pratchett's best.