how do they do it?

She's not sure. She figures she lost points on some aspects, but recooped them on others. She sang three pieces: "The Man That Got Away" (Howard Arlen), "L'Heurse Exquise" (Reynaldo Hahn), and "Mistress of the Senator", from "Hello Again" (Michael John La Chiusa). If they give extra points for difficulty and bonus points for NOT *another* version of "Memories" or standard art song/opera rep, that helps!

She'll hear in 10-14 days about acceptance - and "merit award," which is audition-based and will carry a lot of weight with viability of going!

Sue

I do chew the entire flight since they have cut food/drink service on so many domestic flights and I rarely take very long flights. Mostly travel by car though just because I have such a terrible problem with my ears.

The other good thing about a single piece of Trident is the gum is small enough to stick firmly to the roof of your mouth so you can still sing hymns or recite prayers without sounding garbled. :-) And unlike a cough drop, it will last for the entire service so you only have one wrapper to throw away instead of a dozen. Also works for those attending concerts or movies.

No doubt these are the same people who say "I don't have the patience for that" when looking at our needlework.

I don't have the patience to sit empty handed for more than about

Caryn

I was brought up on the precept that "A lady doesn't sit with idle hands".

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

Well, the hands may be idle, but I sure hope the mind remains active!! I have doubts about some LOL

Gillian

Idle hands are the devil's playground (or something similar) was what my grandmother always said. . Usually while playing cards

I'm with you. There are so fairly few movies I actually want to see, I fond most of the choice complete dreck.

I think because of that, we are just a bit pickier. Movie A may be considerably better than movie B, but if you haven't had a diet of B; A seems less than palatable.

Tara

My goodness, that triggered off a memory from around 1950. My grandmother dragged me to her Primitive Methodist Chapel every Sunday morning and the one abiding memory is of dear old Mrs Simms who made her own toffee. The sort of toffee that stuck to your teeth, tongue and any other body parts into which it came into contact. Mrs Simms was VERY proud of her home-made toffee. She always brought some toffee to chapel to chew during the (very long!) sermon and, being of a generous nature, she always brought sufficient toffee to share with her many friends. However, as she wrapped her home-made toffee in old-fashioned, crinkly, grease-proof paper no-one in the congregation ever heard the first five minutes of the sermon because Mrs Simms was busy unwrapping, breaking up and distributing her home-made toffee.

I've gotten into the habit of taking my kids to only select films usually on weekdays after school/work so that we pay matinee prices. Generally just the "must see on giant screen" movies - Harry Potter, Star Wars, Spiderman, James Bond (Daniel Craig is yummy), and the sort. One large tub of popcorn (with one free refill) is all I will usually pay for. I bring in bottled water and my kids don't need candy. Works out well that most folks aren't in the theater at that time of day and I'm not wasting a ton of money on junk. With that said, a majority of the films just don't rate the trouble so we wait a month or so and order them online on our satellite dish......$4, plays all day, I can control the volume and I can eat whatever I want while I watch!

MelissaD

Cheryl Isaak ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

Mine would say "The Devil makes work for idle hands" - she liked playing cards though and would make assorted grandchildren play Canasta with her - we cheated, we could see her hand reflected in her glasses. Sometimes she was suspicious, but never figured it out lol

She always made one of us do chores for the kitchen and if it was shelling the peas, you had to whistle all the time you were doing it, all in aid of preventing you eating the peas. Full marks to her, she made the boys do chores as well, for which I was thankful being the only granddaughter.

We all have our vices, dahlink. For example, you drink wine (IAP).

Elizabeth

Touche !

The smell of the popcorn doesn't bother me too much, but I'll never understand why the volume is so high. Nowadays with many theatres in one complex, each theatre isn't that big so when the movie starts, it practically blasts you out of the seat. I don't go to very many movies in the run of a year, but some I just can't wait for the video to come out (Like Geisha, Blood Diamond ....)

Sharon (N.B.)

That's the point! You drop hints (not necessarily accurate to the particular piece of knitting actually in that room) that you're knitting with a very expensive yarn that can't be washed.

He does not want to be skewered for missing and getting scolded for ruining $200 of yarn.

Suddenly a magazine rack sounds far more reasonable.

Sort of like the advice I gave my younger cousin to bring home an older biker dude with a marijuana tattoo to meet her parents, because next to him, the guy she REALLY wanted to date wouldn't look half-bad.

Start with the most objectionable alternative, and negotiate down to what it is you really wanted in the first place.

I'll never understand why theatres are always kept so cold - no matter the season. Even in summer when it is 100° outside, you need a coat once you get inside.

It's what politicians and lawyers have been doing for years

"Sharon" ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

I went to see Geisha (a duty, younger daughter undergoing broken heart at the time lol) but was not overly impressed. The scenery was great, although it was not filmed anywhere near Japan. Whole hunks of educational and explanatory detail were left out needlessly. It was never really made clear that geishas are not prostitutes.

Yes, but you both eat chocolate!

R,d,h C