Barb Jernigan wrote:

> > True, but at the time, hearing an American audience go
"Awwwwwww,"
> > mournfully, when a Russkie gets shot was something new and
> > different.
> 
> this was true

Then there were my friends and I on opening night of _Red
October_.... sigh. The follies of youth.
 
> now, my brain may be having a ZZZZT moment, but our Vasili is now King of
> Tolkein's Elves, in't 'e?

Nope. Sam Neill played Vasili.  Hugo Weaving plays Elrond. Hugo
was also in _The Matrix_, as the chief "bad guy" agent.
 
> this is true
> I was very pleased to get the expensive sink fixture I like so well (a
> Moen -- the kind that's a spray nozzle -- rather than a tap & a separate
> nozzle). One came with the Menifee house and I became enamored. I was
> going to install one in the CR house, balked at the $120 for the
> bottom-range one; and then Russ got laid off, and so on and so forth as
> "the rest is history" doth tend to hurtle down....

Yeah, I hear that....

Mom wants to replace some stuff in the house, including a couple
of sinks (kitchen and bathroom) and redo her kitchen, but (as
always) it's all about money, especially now that she's retired.
I told her there are a lot of very easy things we could do to
brighten up the kitchen without being expensive (taking down the
faux-brick on the walls and painting them a light color, to begin
with), but she's not convinced.
 
> well, HD's store brands aren't bad atall....

No, nor are Lowe's.
 
> > >I REALLY enjoyed him in the Santa Clause movies....
> >
> > And in "Galaxy Quest."  Marvelous!
> 
> Oh yeah

I did too, though I think I preferred Alan Rickman. Watching
_Galaxy Qwest_ back-to-back with _Dogma_ and _Sense and
Sensibility_ will blow your mind, though. :)
 
> > Hooray, for the stenciling adding value.
> 
> I was pleased.
> (Even though all the work was done after we'd moved out)

I've thought about painting and stenciling a beautiful bookcase
my godfather made for me. It's made of different types of wood,
so staining it won't work as well; the woods will take the stain
differently. I've thought about painting it a sort of delft-blue
and stenciling seashells in cream. (I have an ocean theme in my
living room--or do when i have my own living room, anyway.)
 
> > Who, me?  I should talk?  We still have boxes out there in the
> > garage with  stuff in 'em, after 10 years!
> 
> =g=
> Well, I've done four (so far) today.
> No sense overdoing things.

I had boxes I never unpacked until i was getting ready to move
again, 2 1/2 years later. :)
 
Lissa ButIDon'tThinkI'llBeatThe10-yearRecord Wingling

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