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BBP
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I love the rain! If you live in a country like Netherlands or Britain, loving the rain is one of the most useful things you need to learn.
Went into town yesterday. Wanted to go to the museum of modern art here and buy a Picasso postcard, but they are closed for renovation so I hit the
town. Went to the comic book store and bought a book called The Art Of Howl's Moving Castle. It's so beautiful!
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When you work outdoors, as I do, you tend to not really appreciate the rain at its fair value.
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BBP
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Well, when I had a newspaper round any rain, even a minute shower of tiny droplets was too much: newspapers don't like that at all. Nor did I: simply
because you cool down too much.
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I prefer living in a climate with a lot of rain than one that makes you feel like you are are living in the ultraviolet equivalent of a microwave
oven. It's raining here today and when I went out into the garden earlier and got a nice little breath of European nostalgia.
I'd like to maintain that dreamy note, but after my regular check up the other day I've been told I need major surgery, sooner rather than later, to
finish off what they started in 2010. In a significant percentage of cases it's not required, but I've rolled the dice again and lost. The plus side
is that if the surgeons don't have a bad day at the office I'm going to end up even healthier and happier than I am now. That doesn't stop me being
petrified of going back into the "Big Room" again. The down side is that I don't need yet another interruption to my course.
Saw my Mum yesterday and she was a little improved. Who knows, within a month we may be having her around for dinner again at our place.
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More later Poly, I got a 7:30 call tomorrow. Glad moms doing better, and worried about you bro'!
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BBP
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Oh dear, poor Poly! Hang in there!
My sister's come down with asthma, and there's a good chance that I have problems as well. She just had medication and wanted to put it to the test
yesterday, by running a lap around the nearby park.
That was something we'd have to do back when we went to elementary school, on warm days we'd have PE there and we'd have to warm up by running a lap
first. Neither my sister nor I were able to run very long distances.
Anyway, my sister ran one, then I ran one without medication. Since I'm a wee bit more ardent about continuing to run although my lungs won't let me,
I made it without pausing. Sis then gave me some of her lung-widening stuff in such a way I couldn't refuse. I've been feeling absolutely horrible
ever since I had that: sore throat, chest and lungs.
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polydigm
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Don't mess with steroids unless you absolutely have to Bonny. One of my main medications back before my surgery was steroids and they play havoc with
everything, but especially your mental state. I'm so glad they're not a major part of my life any more.
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BBP
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Ooh I doubt they were steroids. At any rate I'm not much of a medicine taker anyway. Aspirin would make me feel worse rather than better so I haven't
touched that stuff in years, and as soon as I got home with my broken ankle, I quit the pain killers for that.
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Listening to Fleetwood Mac's, Then Play On. What a great album this is! After only hearing a "cut" song here and there over the years I love it!
Acoustic pickin' and outright rock! Peter Green with Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwen, it's just...perfect. AND I'm a sucker for electric Chicago blues
anyway and this is that and that English tribute that's s so honest and simple and acoustic too.
I gave a listen to the new old Exile On Main Street today too. Great rock album that at the time nobody knew or would say how good it really was.
Sorta' the Hot Rats for the Stones,,,imho. {-
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I've got some soft toy sewing kits that date back to the 80s. Just found them back and am putting one of them together. And now my lungs, clothes and
carpet are filled with white plush.
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polydigm
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Those asthma puffers usually have some kind of steroid in them - I've come across minor athletes who have gotten addicted to the stuff.
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Some of those old 'Vicks' inhalers had speed in the wicks inside of them. I think the FDA made them take it out though. Amphedamine is used as a cough
surpressent/dietary aid and is found in a lot of everyday "health" products over here.
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Whoa! :shock: That's creepy!
Yesterday my father and I went to The Hague again, to visit our great aunts: the one who's 92 had pneumonia last month and is recovering at a home,
and her sister who's 88 recently fell and broke her collar bone doesn't live far away. It was great to see they were doing well!
We also went to the antique market at Lange Voorhout, to the sculpture exhibition there, and to the Escher exhibition at one of the royal palaces.
When he saw one of his Italian woodcuts, Dad remarked: "Hey, the Twin Towers!"
Can't say I blame him...
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I hope I'm that sprite when I'm 90+ or so! They sound very nice. Got any pix of your aunts you can share Bonny? Speaking of pix, <segues smoothly
into picture resembling towers> That's what I thought when I saw that picture. Almost as if it were taken from the back and side in an old
neighborhood. Your fathers spot on. Shots of those two big sticks are one of the most reproduced pictures ever.
Oh no! Breaking news....another multi-shooting...this time at Santa Monica College. It's happening right now. One of my girlfriends used to live close
to the school when she was younger. We'd drive by the college every time we went to her mothers too. Terrible news and tragedy.....I hate this! All
these bonker-nuts, young guys with access to guns, bombs and lots of ammo taking aim at schools/crowds, in a bid for political attention, religious
redemption or personnel problems. In a lot of these cases, the parent never "thought" it would get this bad. Then they should pay more attention and
take away the guns and ammo if they're not sure. You don't let babies play with guns, why would you let a sick teen/young adult have one then?
Argghhhh!!!
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I'm bummed, no shoot for me this week. It should wrap soon, and I'm ready for my last 2 scenes. The 2 scenes I'm in and there's always a few "pick-up
shots" to be shot and this should be the last 2 weeks of filming...then wtf who cares? On to the next project. I just need a real Iranian first....
and then there's squirrel fishing season coming up too. Busy as a Bonny Bee, I be! Wouldn't you like to be a Bonny Bee too! LoL ! (Not a bad idea for
a cartoon either-sorry I couldn't think of a duck instead) Btw, how's Timmy doin? Is Mr.Curry gonna be alright Bonny? I've heard nothing over here.
You?
Hey Poly and Aquagoat and Punk and our host. How you guys and gals doin', eh? I heard a slow version of Pojama People that I dig better than the
original. It's really cool and only on youtube. Sorry I don't have a link, I'm trying to find it again but Yahoo is "working on this problem" at this
moment.. Bet you I find it first! 
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It was kind of hard to find news from my Dutch sources about the Santa Monica shooting. Guess five deaths in an American shooting is normal. Good
thing you have no shoot this week, Kirk. [/bad joke mode]
Not sure how Tim is doing, there has been no official report on him since his voice acting agent said he was recovering very well last month.
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there's a few of those slow versions of PoJama People from the late '74 band. Very different tempo, maybe under-rehearsed, complete with Frank making
his funny comments.
Shootings are not common but more numerous. There are so many news stories of all kinds, it does not surprise me if some don't make it to the news
over there. I wish there were more news stories here about what happens over there. I have to tune into eyewitness accounts online of the protests in
Turkey, for example, to get a sense of what's happening there. I am grateful there are citizens standing up and reporting what they see since the
dominant media chooses not to, there. For example, there were many here, in the ramp up to the Iraq war, who, outraged, stood up and marched and acted
etc. and reported what was happening since the dominant media was not doing so. It will be interesting to see people ditch their verizon contracts,
for example. Or not. For many people they alrerady assume the GOV knows all, thru things like facebook. Or knew in 2006 when it was discovered that
AT&T had allowed the Bush Admin to sieze it's records. So many people just don't talk about stuff.
The gun nuts have gotten quiet since the drone program has been 'mainstream exposed'. If news of the laser-guided gun makes it to the mainstream, you
will hear less about the advocacy of personal hardware. Then the gun-control legislation can be rolled out as folks will realize there is no point in
carrying a piece in town, as law enforcement will have the technology. A bad side-effect, is already the proliferation of tasers by law enforcement,
which also kill people without due process.
but I'm okay 
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Exams approaching ... very stressed ...
The good news is that my Mum is making very good progress. She's back on her legs, with some assistance, but getting around a lot more and the dark
clouds appear to have passed, she's a lot more chatty.
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That's great Poly,I hope the progress keeps up and your exams go well!
Will be going into town today, looking for mint-green wool. Colours and fashion, I'll never understand it.
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polydigm
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Given that there there are several different types of mint, what does mint green mean?
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