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by Whatever4
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:59 am
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: U.S. Military Stuff
Replies: 77
Views: 14132

U.S. Military Stuff

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by Whatever4
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:06 am
Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
Topic: Musical Theatre Including Opera
Replies: 19
Views: 3745

Musical Theatre Including Opera

much ado wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:47 pm
Whatever4 wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:09 pm (March was Queen of the Night in last year’s Magic Flute. Spectacular aria.)
The aria...

Portland State University Magic Flute 4/29/23 Sun Cast

Amazing, eh? That’s a farm kid from Maine!
by Whatever4
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:20 pm
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: Weather Alerts
Replies: 2430
Views: 285490

Weather Alerts

Fun week in Maine. Big ice storm on Saturday left 220,000 customers without power. Considering there’s only 570,000 households in the state, it’s a Big Deal. Trees and wires down everywhere. At the height of the storm, friends were reporting trees exploding. Local Facebook said exploding transformer...
by Whatever4
Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: Hijack This Thread
Replies: 6970
Views: 583028

Hijack This Thread

Thanks so much for posting this! I probably never would have run across it. This kid looks like he's 12. And I love the music from Succession - great choice. He just floats through the air...it looks effortless, even in the slo mo. Did someone check to make sure he's not 3D AI? I’d believe advanced...
by Whatever4
Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: Law and Lawsuits
Topic: Hotel Guest “Owns” Hotel: NYT
Replies: 0
Views: 89

Hotel Guest “Owns” Hotel: NYT

Stay the night, own the hotel, blame the Moonies, bewilder the courts. The Hotel Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave Mickey Barreto’s five-year stay cost him only $200.57. Now it might cost him his freedom. On a June afternoon in 2018, a man named Mickey Barreto checked into the New Yorker Hotel. He was assign...
by Whatever4
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: Cats!
Replies: 1256
Views: 162804

Cats!

RTH10260 wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:05 pm The Copycat ...
Do humans even live in that house?
by Whatever4
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:28 pm
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: Hijack This Thread
Replies: 6970
Views: 583028

Hijack This Thread

I’m not into figure skating, but this men’s free skate performance is astonishing. Highest score in the sport’s history, insanely difficult, and powerful. Love it.


by Whatever4
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:09 pm
Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
Topic: Musical Theatre Including Opera
Replies: 19
Views: 3745

Musical Theatre Including Opera

For those in the other Portland, the one in Oregon, the Portland State University’s Opera program is putting on The Merry Widow. Starring my adopted godchild and soon to be famous March Steiger. April 19-28. https://www.pdx.edu/music-theater/merry-widow I might fly out to attend, depends on Things. ...
by Whatever4
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:49 pm
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: Weird Houses, etc.
Replies: 39
Views: 816

Weird Houses, etc.

We once were the first people to tour a house in the precise neighborhood we were looking in. Close to stores, train, good size yard, on paper looked like a dream. The listing came into our gung-ho agent’s office and she had us there within an hour. Was a nightmare. Note — We don’t do fixer-uppers. ...
by Whatever4
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:32 pm
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: It sucks growing old
Replies: 1200
Views: 272753

It sucks growing old

Condolences and thoughts. :brokenheart:
by Whatever4
Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:19 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: The View From Maybelot
Replies: 365
Views: 59394

The View From Maybelot

That’s utterly amazing. :kiss: :thumbsup: :bighug:
by Whatever4
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:09 pm
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: Fire!
Replies: 622
Views: 79089

Fire!

:shock: :crying: :cantlook: Big hugs from the W’s. So much work you guys put into the Maybelots. Fortunately, one of you has disaster recovery experience.

Sending good vibes and weather requests.

:grouphug:
by Whatever4
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: U.S. Culture and Media
Topic: Parents Acting Badly
Replies: 3
Views: 133

Parents Acting Badly

Provo couple charged after alleged rape of their 15-year-old daughter, police say The girl’s mother and stepfather allegedly decided it was “safer” for the girl to experience “sexual things” with them instead of strangers, according to police documents. A Provo couple was charged Monday after their...
by Whatever4
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: Foreign Countries and Culture
Topic: UK - England, Wales, N.Ireland, Scotland
Replies: 1065
Views: 75293

UK - England, Wales, N.Ireland, Scotland

King Chuck :-o :fingerwag: :nope: Never never never "Chuck", that's purely American, not used in the Old Country. Either Charlie or Chas (rhymes with jazz, based on an old convention of abbreviating given names on signs and in documents, in this case Charles–>Cha s ). Chuckles.
by Whatever4
Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Foreign Countries and Culture
Topic: UK - England, Wales, N.Ireland, Scotland
Replies: 1065
Views: 75293

UK - England, Wales, N.Ireland, Scotland

Ya, once it became obvious the Photo was altered the Press would have pulled it. No sinister vampire overlord machinations needed. Welllllll… not pulled it in the way intended, rather than disappearing the shopped photo gained massive exposure and appeared on more front pages. A corollary of Streis...
by Whatever4
Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: Today In History
Replies: 443
Views: 86425

Today In History

Elizabeth Smart Marks 21st Anniversary of Kidnapping Rescue: ‘Always Be a Reminder That Miracles Happen’ The activist and commentator, 36, who was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City at the age of 14 in June 2002, shared a TikTok video on Tuesday to mark the date of her rescue. “For those of y...
by Whatever4
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: On Death and Dying
Replies: 2
Views: 85

On Death and Dying

Very profound article about end of life moments. Many of us are at the age where our parents, spouses, and friends are at the ends of their lives. :oldlady: I’ve been thinking about this transition for a while. What Deathbed Visions Teach Us About Living Researchers are documenting a phenomenon that...
by Whatever4
Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:39 pm
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: Rest in Peace - Friends of The Fogbow
Replies: 27
Views: 2615

Rest in Peace - Friends of The Fogbow

Patagonia Girl, see in her thread.

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by Whatever4
Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Patagoniagirl
Replies: 68
Views: 1969

Patagoniagirl

BTW - Chris says he and his mom shared politics. He is currently wearing this t-shirt, which I’m sure PG approved of.
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by Whatever4
Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:14 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Patagoniagirl
Replies: 68
Views: 1969

Patagoniagirl

I spoke with her son Chris today. He said PG loved Fogbow and the boogle and spoke of us many times. PG was born in Germany as a military brat. She joined the Michigan National Guard as a clerk and hated it, but subsequently joined the army and chose Germany as her posting. They assigned her to tank...
by Whatever4
Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:45 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Patagoniagirl
Replies: 68
Views: 1969

Patagoniagirl

PatagoniaGirl passed away peacefully on Wednesday. More details to come.

:brokenheart: :grouphug:
by Whatever4
Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:17 pm
Forum: US President
Topic: Trump 14th Amendment Eligibility Cases
Replies: 168
Views: 149356

Trump 14th Amendment Eligibility Cases

Bwahahaha
by Whatever4
Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:28 am
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: Cats!
Replies: 1256
Views: 162804

Cats!

Tricksy being twisty
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by Whatever4
Thu Dec 07, 2023 11:33 pm
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: What's your ancestry and other genealogy stuff
Replies: 16
Views: 2156

What's your ancestry and other genealogy stuff

One of my father’s cousins was a very prominent historian in North Carolina. She did the family tree going back to the 1600s in England. She wrote books about the part of NC the family was from as well as civil war histories and local ghost lore. She inserted various family stories in her histories....

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