it's quiet on the forum

[jpianoflorida]

maybe we need some NEW exciting topics....?    penguinlover, pianistimo...what do you have?      I'm so exhausted  and ready for vacation-i have nothing!

[jpianoflorida]

ok....favorite "piano" type movie of all time?

I like "Shine" ....sad story..but great!

[pianistimo]

the only thing new and exciting for me is brain deterioration and muscular degeneration.  i tried to take my parent to a place that i knew i could get to by freeway - on side roads.  that was a huge mistake.  of course, now my dad's like 'yep, that's my girl.  can't drive.'  and, i'm bummed.  then, my husband stays home today so we can go work out at the ymca for the first time in two months and i'm walking the track upstairs.  i'm really in shape when i'm in shape - and i'm not badly out of shape or anything -it's just that i have to do these things gradually.

and, of course, ahinton telling me that i'm paranoid.  what else is wrong with me -might i ask.  yes. i ehars someone saying 'well, what does she believe in - if she won't go trick or treating and eat fruitcake at christmas?'  occasionally, i think that just perhaps i am missing out on some kind of nightlife - but then again - if my reward is coming later - i'll just save it up.  the closest i have come to trouble in the last year was this bottle of shiraz wine.

[jpianoflorida]

the aging parent thing! YEP i'm there....we can do nothing rigth for my dad who is now 82!   mom's fine except getting somewhat forgetful...Dad gets uptight and yells about EVERYTHING...and I live next door to my parents(well we have space between as we all have about 5 acres each) but it can get stressful at times.     You aren't missing out on anything as long as you are doing what YOU like!   remember that!   I enjoy movies, dinner with friends, time spent with close friends, etc--those are the important things in life..the little things....   some people on this forum seem like they are SO NEGATIVE and UNHAPPY...ignore them , if certain ones were truly content with themselves they wouldn't lash out about everything that they do.   If you are truly happy you don't feel a need to put others down, so ignore them!

[ahinton]

and, of course, ahinton telling me that i'm paranoid.  what else is wrong with me -might i ask.  yes. i ehars someone saying 'well, what does she believe in - if she won't go trick or treating and eat fruitcake at christmas?'  occasionally, i think that just perhaps i am missing out on some kind of nightlife - but then again - if my reward is coming later - i'll just save it up.  the closest i have come to trouble in the last year was this bottle of shiraz wine.

I didn't tell you that you were - or are - paranoid (although I've not time to look up the reference); as best I recall, I wondered if you might be harbouring paranoia in a specific context that happened to be the subject of the item in which I did the wondering - that's all...

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

what else is wrong with me -might i ask

What an excellent heading for a new thread.

Likely to be a long one my little North American Nutter

Thal

[jpianoflorida]

What an excellent heading for a new thread.

Likely to be a long one my little North American Nutter

Thal

hey Pianistimo..I think maybe some of these posters have an infactuation or crush on you...that's why they like to pick on you!

[pianistimo]

dear ahinton,  actually you and thal and leucippus and others are the key to my sanity.  wierdly, i accept positive negative crit.  i think about it.  if i am unable to change the situation right away - i just let it sit in a container on the back porch for a while.  but, if it is something easily resolved - i try to set in motion some kind of change. 

the paranoia thing i have to put on the back porch and think about.  so, i say - i don't like to fly in november.  but, i do like to hear fine concerts.  how can i resolve this?  buy another bottle of australian wine - drink it before entering the airport.  arrive in a fine state of mind - having slept - and enjoyed the flight.  and off to the concert.

probably the hardest thing for me will to be to stop verbalizing any sort of fear.  i will start today by catching myself saying negative things or fearful things.  i did find a fearful thing in the 'cool ranch dorito's' bag.  one of the dorito's, which i failed to look at before eating, was burnt to a crisp.  some sort of evil halloween joke i am afraid.  oops.  i am not afraid.  but, since it was there already i just chewed it anyway.  kind of tasted like burnt toast.

btw, i take consolation in elspeth's escapades.  vicariously living out the life i would lead if i had no fear (of bears, of darkness, of wierd noises, of my children saying 'boo', of the world coming to an end, of cars that might malfunction, of tubs that leak - but, my father fixed the tub with some kind of patch kit he found at a boating supply store, etc.)

jpianoflorida, did you say five acres each?  that's really nice since you're not exactly on top of one another...and despite the difficulties with parents at times - you can take care of each other.  i told my parents they could come and stay here for 2-3 months when they can't take the cold alaskan winters anymore- but i should have asked my husband first.  he sometimes makes funny faces when i talk.  don't want him gagging over a sentence.

[ahinton]

the paranoia thing i have to put on the back porch and think about.  so, i say - i don't like to fly in november.  but, i do like to hear fine concerts.  how can i resolve this?  buy another bottle of australian wine - drink it before entering the airport.  arrive in a fine state of mind - having slept - and enjoyed the flight.  and off to the concert.

How big is your back porch? (You don't have to answer that). Your own suggested resolution to the particular problem that you outline here seems, however, to be eminently sensible, except to the extent that you might be better advised to have that bottle of wine while on the plane (although this "advice" is given only because I find that wine is best as an accompiment to food, so I'd counsel you to enjoy it while eating - and, if you're planning to fly with an American airline, you'd probably be best to purchase an American wine in case the stewardesses get iffy and want to take the Australian one away from you - not that they have any business to do so, but I'm sure you understand what I mean).

Best,

Alistair

[pianistimo]

they don't give it out in the quantities that i would need it.  but, of course, a tranquilizer might work.

[ahinton]

they don't give it out in the quantities that i would need it.  but, of course, a tranquilizer might work.

Who doesn't give what out? American airlines (whether or not the actual firm "American Airlines") don't give out decent American wine, d'ya mean? I suppose that the problem is that you can't take any pre-purchased liquids on to the plane these days, especially if flying out of America. Well, the only answer would seem to be for you to find some way to get yourself upgraded to a higher class (preferably first - and how you may go about achieve this is entirely up to you and I may not want to hear about it, even if you do end up telling us all), for then you'll likely be assured some decent wine - even if it is American - with your rather better quality food on the flight. Tranquilisers (please excuse the British English "s" in place of your American English "z") might "work", but they'll give you a lesser pleasure than a decent wine...

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

a tranquilizer might work.

Save one for the concert.

Thal

[ahinton]

Save one for the concert.

Thal

So are you going to spend your good money on admission thereto (and do you at the same time seek to counsel "pianistimo" to do likewise) only to have a tranquiliser each and then drop off during the event ? Doesn't sound to me quite like the very best possible use of hard-earned money...

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

Doesn't sound to me quite like the very best possible use of hard-earned money...

Best,

Alistair

She is paying

[ahinton]

She is paying

Which of how many "she"s are paying for what? - the admission? / the tranquiliser/s? / both? - and to what extent does/might any or all of that make a real difference?

Best,

Alistair

[ahinton]

Quiet on the forum? No, it's not. "Pianistimo" is typing a lot about her experience of miracles as we write...

Best,

Alistair

[pianistimo]

ok.  i've been praying that my parents just hand me about $500. and say 'go do anything you want.'  then - i'd cover the plane fare - and that would cover the tranqulizers, the wine, the concert tickets and the burial fees.

it would be so nice if penguinlover would come with me.  i AM paranoid.  i admit it.  i only travel roads that i've traveled before.  i am not likely to go very far past 100 mile radius.  but, on the occasions that i've gotten lost - that is nothing.

 

[ahinton]

ok.  i've been praying that my parents just hand me about $500. and say 'go do anything you want.'  then - i'd cover the plane fare - and that would cover the airline ticket, the tranqulizer, the wine, the concert ticket and the burial fees. 

What do you propose to bury? The tranquiliser (if you decide after all not to take it)? - what may be left over of the wine (if you've not already drunk all of it on the plane or somewhere)? - the return part of the airline ticket? Surely the actual burial fees would be hard to ascertain in advance unless you are already certain as to what it is you intend to bury?

Best,

Alistair

[pianistimo]

well, i'd be dead on arrival if the airlines allowed me to be full of wine at departure and tranquilize myself on top of that.  thal could simply unload and put me on the cargo belt to ensure my 'limbo' with the luggage.  but, after feeling some sort of sympathy - he might just unload it me into the back of his truck and take me to a proper burial site in gravesend (where they sprinkle curry on everything).  after that, i'm afraid he would be burying his two tickets (prepurchased on the condition of my buying everything else.  dinner, two rooms at the savoy - and notice i said two).

so, the ultimate loss would be our own.  although, after expenses, he might have $400. of which to split with you for a victory of some sort over the premier of your work.  and, a return ticket to america under the assumed name of 'susan.'

this would, of course, assure that i am not buried in the backyard - which i don't want to be known for being THAT paranoid.

[thalbergmad]

You really have lost contact with reality me old sweetie.

I have not got a truck and Gravesend is only famous for one thing and it aint curry flavoured burial grounds.

Hope you get the tickets ok

Thal

[ahinton]

well, i'd be dead on arrival if the airlines allowed me to be full of wine at departure and tranquilize myself on top of that.  thal, could simply unload and put me on the cargo belt to ensure my 'limbo' with the luggage.  but, after feeling some sort of sympathy - he might just unload it me into the back of his truck and take me to a proper burial site in gravesend (where they sprinkle curry on everything).  after that, i'm afraid he would be burying his two tickets (prepurchased on the condition of my buying everything else.  dinner, two rooms at the savoy - and notice i said two).

so, the ultimate loss would be our own.  although, after expenses, he might have $400. of which to split with you for a victory of some sort over the premier of your work.

Well - there's really no answer to that, is there?! (or at least none that I can think of, apart from mention yet again that this entire business of your considering coming to the said concert seems to have taken on, in your mind, a kind of all-embracingly fatalistic atmosphere that is entirely outside anything I would either intend or wish on any potential attendee).

Best,

Alistair

[pianistimo]

why?  is this pity?

[ahinton]

why?  is this pity?

Is what pity?

All that I would hope is that, if you'd like to come to the concert, you do so on the understanding that you would be as welcome as anyone else that wants to come - and without fear of any possible adverse consequences on the way there, at the concert itself or on the way back.

Best,

Alistair

[elspeth]

btw, i take consolation in elspeth's escapades.  vicariously living out the life i would lead if i had no fear (of bears, of darkness, of wierd noises, of my children saying 'boo', of the world coming to an end, of cars that might malfunction, of tubs that leak - but, my father fixed the tub with some kind of patch kit he found at a boating supply store, etc.)

I'm not sure whether to be flattered or worried by the idea that I'm anybody's idea of fearless... No, the trick is, as the book title goes, feel the fear and do it anyway.

Speaking of escapades I'm rather tempted to join the collective for the November concert! But I can't, already signed up to work two houses of Grease at my theatre. Ah well, such is life...

[ahinton]

I'm not sure whether to be flattered or worried by the idea that I'm anybody's idea of fearless... No, the trick is, as the book title goes, feel the fear and do it anyway.

Speaking of escapades I'm rather tempted to join the collective for the November concert! But I can't, already signed up to work two houses of Grease at my theatre. Ah well, such is life...

May one ask in precisely what capacity?

Best,

Alistair

[elspeth]

I'm in charge of the front of house staff and customer service and merchandising and stuff like that. Running the venue rather than the show.

[ahinton]

I'm in charge of the front of house staff and customer service and merchandising and stuff like that. Running the venue rather than the show.

OK - then I guess that you can't just abscond to a concert in London just when you might feel like doing so. Good luck with it anyway!

Best,

Alistair

[dnephi]

'this because Thal went to bed.

[jas]

You really have lost contact with reality me old sweetie.

I have not got a truck and Gravesend is only famous for one thing and it aint curry flavoured burial grounds.

Hope you get the tickets ok

Thal

I've just been skimming this thread, and this is the only post I read fully. Don't think I wanna know...

[pianowolfi]

maybe we need some NEW exciting topics....?    penguinlover, pianistimo...what do you have?      I'm so exhausted  and ready for vacation-i have nothing!

There are always controverse topics that cause loud discussions. Open a few topics like "What's the hardest song?" "Will Christianity destroy mankind?" "Hanon  is the best music in the world" Ten topics like that and you will have the half of the forum fighting against windmills and you can watch and enjoy. In the cycling forum where I post you simply need to ask: "Helmet or not?" and " Cycle paths or not" and the forumers will lacerate each other and the moderators will have to do for 24/7.