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Post by uncleson on Jan 9, 2015 16:55:56 GMT -5
We've had a few small pesky snows. The big problem has been the horrible cold. It's been below zero much of the week. Yesterday it got all the way up to 11 F. Wind chills minus thirty not unusual. 7 more weeks till March ! We can do it, can't we ?!
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Post by HollyH on Jan 15, 2015 19:16:45 GMT -5
The temperature dropped so suddenly last week, a pipe froze in our heating system in the country. Icicles don't do a very good job of heating a house! We're lucky here in NYC, but upstate temperatures -- where my kids go to school -- are hovering just above zero, with snow always in the forecast.
Unfortunately, since I have to walk my dog at least twice a day (and do all my local errands on foot), I can't ignore the cold and just drive everywhere!
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Post by uncleson on Jan 16, 2015 14:21:00 GMT -5
Our little dog Gordon will hardly go outside. Mrs Uncle bought him two coats!
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Post by HollyH on Jan 25, 2015 0:48:11 GMT -5
My dog hates his coat. He looks at me like "Aw, Mom, you're embarrassing me!"
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Post by bamajohn1 on Apr 1, 2015 9:19:12 GMT -5
I was thinking about what Holly said her connection to Maria Bartiromo was? I enjoy watching her Sunday Morning Futures show every now and then but saw her being interviewed personally last night. I know she used to have a little moniker given to her that referred to her looks and her financial knowledge which did not come up LOL. She did talk about being pen/email pals with Joey Ramone and that he wrote a song about her and invited her down to CBGB's to hear it played; but she did not show; which she regrets. I am pretty sure Holly mentioned her on here or I've become delusional somehow LOL!
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Post by uncleson on Apr 1, 2015 17:42:16 GMT -5
I believe Holly did mention her. I enjoy Maria's television appearances and interviews.
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Post by HollyH on Apr 7, 2015 11:01:07 GMT -5
Ha-ha-- I don't know Maria Bartiromo at all! I am friend with KT McFarland, another very attractive and very smart woman TV commentator, but she's a political analyst.
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Post by bamajohn1 on Apr 7, 2015 11:45:41 GMT -5
Ha-ha-- I don't know Maria Bartiromo at all! I am friend with KT McFarland, another very attractive and very smart woman TV commentator, but she's a political analyst.[/quote Wow! I cannot imagine how I went years thinking about Maria being mentioned on here! Uncleson even thought so! Oh yea, I am quite familiar with KT too. I believe she once had a high up position in the Defense Department and was a speechwriter for a prominent pol. I enjoy seeing her on tv and espousing her views. Tell her Bamajohn said HI! A West Cost friend once told Allison Moorer that for me when he saw her after a show and an assistant to Martha Stewart who I had a business transaction with relayed the same message HA HA! Allison is from the Mobile area and Martha has a brother who lived there but I'd be surprised if KT had any connection to the state.
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Post by HollyH on Apr 23, 2015 22:27:53 GMT -5
KT is from Madison WI, went to college in DC, and currently lives in NYC, so no, I don't think she has any Bama connections. But don't hold that against her! She's a great person, even if our political views don't always line up....
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Post by martin53 on May 2, 2015 2:02:20 GMT -5
Life is great!
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Post by bamajohn1 on Jun 10, 2015 10:23:39 GMT -5
I was just joshing about KT being, or not being, from AL! It has no relevance to her greatness! Wow, only 1 user and 56 Guests in the last 24 hours! Why did almost everyone leave boards like this apparently for Facebook? ?
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Post by uncleson on Jun 10, 2015 14:33:47 GMT -5
It beats me but they did, like lemmings to the sea...
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Post by uncleson on Jun 10, 2015 14:49:00 GMT -5
John this is how crazy face book is. I was in a Kinks group.called the Kinks. In the meantime, someone, I don't know who, added me to a new group, without my knowledge, to discuss an apparent new biography of Ray Davies. The next thing I know I'm no longer in the original group the Kinks. I don't understand why at this point un till I finally check out the new group I was placed in without my knowledge. I read in a post that supposedly Ray doesn't like the new biography and asked admins of kink groups to remove those that are in the new group from the established groups. So I gather that's what the admins of The Kinks did to.me! It's crazy!
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Post by martin53 on Jun 10, 2015 22:50:06 GMT -5
I was just joshing about KT being, or not being, from AL! It has no relevance to her greatness! Wow, only 1 user and 56 Guests in the last 24 hours! Why did almost everyone leave boards like this apparently for Facebook? ? One day ago the Red Board had (on June 10th 2015) 0 user and 22 guests within the last 24 hours! Puttng the blame (again!) on Facebook is way too easy.
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Post by bamajohn1 on Jun 11, 2015 8:56:57 GMT -5
Uncle, I'm sorry you went through that BS on Facebook. I've still not joined but I think I am about to breakdown and do it. I'm determined not to let it be a time waste dump for me!
Martin, it's not just the Kinks boards that have been affected though. I've seen boards I've been on come and go before the advent of FB, but there is no doubt, social media has had an affect on message board participation back to when myspace became big. My brother has been on recent message boards for other bands that have also died out almost completely. People also seem to be busier, and as Tim told me, FB use takes away from discretionary time that might have been used here and on other boards.
Ultimately, I do wish the fans felt some collective ownership of an official site like this and tried their best to keep it somewhat active. It just does not feel right to have a great band like this be represented in this way.
I don't want to sound unappreciative toward Holly. She has been captaining the ship well the whole time; it's the deckhands that jumped ship for whatever reason!
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