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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 10, 2024 17:11:54 GMT
Yes.
I learned to “play” the recorder in grade school in the 70s. I graduated in 1982. My brother leaned in the 80’s. He graduated in 1992. My niece and nephew learned and the are in jr high and highschool right now.
“play” - is actuality perception and not reality. Hahaha.
Hot Cross Buns come roaring back to anyone? 😆
ETA - should have read Merge’s post first. Hahaha.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 15:49:24 GMT
I would agree that (in my mind) a Po-boy and (I will add) a Cubano are specialty sandwiches…for the lack of a better phrase. I would not include them in a typical grinder/hoagie/sub category even though they fit my description.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 14:22:17 GMT
😄 agreed. Wow that is so interesting. I have to think we are lazy as we are pretty generic in main term and then you describe. “I’ll have a large grinder, on white, meatball, toasted with cheese”. “I’ll have a medium turkey grinder, on wheat roll with the works and banana peppers”. Or what ever your choice is. Hahaha.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 13:47:10 GMT
I agree it is strange that he had such an issue understanding what you wanted with the other names. Obviously Philly doesn’t seem to be a prime calling it Grinder area and you can’t be the first to call it by another name, especially at a sandwich shop?
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 12:54:47 GMT
Depends what’s on them so I chose other. If you have a minute at some point and so desire - I would love to hear how you/your area differentiates between names.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 12:41:45 GMT
I say "sub". Not sure what we used in Pittsburgh because I don't remember this type of sandwich when I was a kid. I went to college in New England so I do know the term "grinder", but I always thought a grinder was a sub with hot meat, vs. cold me for a sub/hoagie... Not sure why I think that though. lol It might be in some areas. We call them all grinders…hot, cold, meat, no meat. 😄
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 12:18:21 GMT
Grinders?! Yup. 😆😆. Not sure why or where it comes from but a lot of people in my area call them Grinders. I am guessing that isn’t going to be a popular response. 😉
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 11:14:15 GMT
Sorry if this is a duplicate. I thought we had this poll before but I couldn’t find it so thought I would ask again. I was talking to someone about what people call subs/grinders/hoagies in different areas (weird topic probably, but we got to it in a roundabout way 😄). I thought most people referred to them as subs but could not remember. What do you call sandwiches on long rolls?
ETA - I refer to them as Grinders as do many in my area. But a variety of names are used.
Thanks for weighing in.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 9:50:44 GMT
Glad everyone had a great day of viewing. It was exceptional and amazing.
Just an FYi in case some haven’t heard about this, many areas are collecting solar eclipse glasses as there is an organization that takes them and then recycles them to other places in an eclipse path so that everyone can have the opportunity to see one if they can.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 8, 2024 21:26:05 GMT
I do use CarPlay now and then and use Siri to send a quick text if running late or to do a quick reply, but very very infrequently. I would rather pull over and deal with it if I need to immediately.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 8, 2024 21:22:11 GMT
I only took one quick picture and it was at totalilty. It didn’t come out anywhere as cool as it was in person but glad I just sat and watched it and enjoyed it.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 8, 2024 21:14:14 GMT
We had excellent totality viewing I thought. It was a great day. Warm and just some high clouds. It got so cold and quiet for a few minutes. The sky and darkness was so cool and almost eerie. I hope everyone who wanted to was able to view it and enjoyed their experience no matter what they ended up being able to see.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 8, 2024 16:01:22 GMT
I thought about you and was thinking you were in the perfect range…hahaha. I am in Vermont and we have those darn high clouds coming in from NY so they are going to get to us before you. But it should be so much better than I actually expected it to be and it will be warm! Enjoy!!! How fast can you get here? 😊 We drove up yesterday and already saw some people camped out on the way in. It’s quiet over here in our cove, but DH just went into town and said while in town looks like a July 4th kind of crowd, the grocery store parking lot was packed and all the scenic overlooks look like combat zones lol. I haven’t ventured out today but yesterday I took a quick trip to my parents about an hour away. I was also curious on what the traffic would be as the predicted range has been pretty wide. There certainly weren’t the hordes but there were quite a few more cars and many were out of state plates. I was on roads less traveled so there is that 😆.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 8, 2024 14:39:53 GMT
Best in the country for eclipse viewing! Sunny and in 100% totality range here at camp. I thought about you and was thinking you were in the perfect range…hahaha. I am in Vermont and we have those darn high clouds coming in from NY so they are going to get to us before you. But it should be so much better than I actually expected it to be and it will be warm! Enjoy!!!
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 8, 2024 13:31:23 GMT
Surprisingly ours is looking okay. Quite clear and sunny right now but some possible high thin clouds around eclipse time. They said it shouldn’t obscure but maybe filter it. Fingers crossed they hold off. The wonderful thing is temps are supposed to be in the 50s or higher. All of that is such un-April weather for us, so we are feeling lucky in this area.
Hope everyone watching has great viewing.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 6, 2024 16:57:22 GMT
It is beautiful. You did a wonderful job. I am in the middle of this process now in my very little townhouse. It has been an at least seven year project up to this point with very little done just because I can’t seem to make any decision. 😬😄. But recently I have at least picked out flooring and have someone working on a quote and plan to replace my cabinets (which I have to do before I do the flooring). A friend has also been helping me work on repainting before I replace my floors. Post and pictures like yours have helped to prod me to get out of my slump and getting working on stuff again, so thank you for posting! Enjoy your new, gorgeous, inviting and reclaimed space! My townhouse isn’t very big. I am so glad I paid someone to do all of the painting. It would have taken forever for me to do it with whatever help I could get. Expensive but definitely worth every dollar! I hope you get your place done soon! I have definitely thought about it and it still isn’t off the table if I don’t get off my butt. 😄 Hahaha There are parts (going up the stairs) that I will have to hire someone to do because of the height and it is well beyond my ability. Therefore I will have the entire upstairs done at that time. It probably more comes down to the laziness of having to get everything out and/or ready for someone to come in and do it all at once. 😄. Thanks for the encouragement!
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 6, 2024 15:54:48 GMT
It is beautiful. You did a wonderful job.
I am in the middle of this process now in my very little townhouse. It has been an at least seven year project up to this point with very little done just because I can’t seem to make any decision. 😬😄. But recently I have at least picked out flooring and have someone working on a quote and plan to replace my cabinets (which I have to do before I do the flooring). A friend has also been helping me work on repainting before I replace my floors. Post and pictures like yours have helped to prod me to get out of my slump and getting working on stuff again, so thank you for posting!
Enjoy your new, gorgeous, inviting and reclaimed space!
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 6, 2024 4:46:16 GMT
Voted. Good luck to your daughter. That is wonderful that she has started her own business…congratulations to her.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 5, 2024 20:11:04 GMT
iMO - it is stated. If you go in the gate where they collect the money, you pay. If you don’t want to, find another place to enjoy.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 5, 2024 15:38:35 GMT
Well for me it would depend. Coming from small towns and often limited street parking and/or places without much onsite parking there are often places you know you can park and walk. Many times there are public lots or places where there are often a ton of spaces open. If in the industrial park they had a lot of spaces and you were not taking spaces close to the business there…I would, especially if it wasn’t a long visit. If there were only a couple of spaces in that lot then No I wouldn’t park there.
ETA - but I agree with myshelly and would ask about parking when I get inside.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 5, 2024 14:53:06 GMT
NBC is doing breaking news on this now.
ETA - Oops they are done.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 4, 2024 13:47:42 GMT
I am so so sorry. And I am also so sorry for all that you went through and live with today because of this. I thought it was a valid point that you had before with the sad and unfortunate insight of personal experience.
ETA - I am also sorry if my post brought you any pain or discomfort.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 4, 2024 13:00:56 GMT
What a different way to start the show, with everyone paragliding. It doesn't show how the teams get to the different places, so it must be by private planes or all on the same plane. The last task was difficult and you really had to know how to place yourself and what is around you. This was filmed earlier than last season, so they are all on chartered flights. Thanks for this. It made me go back and read information about this season, something I’ve never done before. Interesting. Just think all those teams have had to keep quiet about what happened and who won for a long time now. I bet they are happy it is finally airing. 😄
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 4, 2024 12:21:51 GMT
Again, people did die and there were a significant number of injuries. There were more than 1,000 assaults on the police. 140 Capitol and Metropolitan police officers were injured, some seriously with broken bones, crushed vertebrae and cracked ribs. 5 months after the attack, 17 officers remained out of work due to injuries sustained during the insurrection. It was bloody as hell. At least 123 people were charged with weapons charges. People were convicted of seditious conspiracy. Enrique Carrion, the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers and others came perilously close to their goal of interrupting official proceedings. We almost had a constitutional crisis with uncertainty about the next president or how it would be decided. It was an armed insurrection. Those that participated are not patriots, hostages or political prisoners. Those convicted should not be pardoned for their crimes, especially not by the very person that lied about the election, invited them there and encouraged them. I understand. It was terrible and should not have happened. And yet no one was charged with insurrection.So if someone kills someone (technically a murder), but instead is charged with manslaughter to make sure that some accountability is gotten because of a very complicated court process and our propensity (rightly so) to make sure that innocent people are not falsely convicted, then is it still a murder by true definition? The murderer wasn’t charged with murder. To take it one step further - say it was your family member that was killed, would you be telling people well there was no murder because technically no one was charged with murder? IF that is the case that is really interesting take on it.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 4, 2024 5:39:39 GMT
What a different way to start the show, with everyone paragliding. It doesn't show how the teams get to the different places, so it must be by private planes or all on the same plane. The last task was difficult and you really had to know how to place yourself and what is around you. It was beautiful scenery but I agree I wasn’t exactly sure what lead up to that or maybe what was after that? It was a different way to start it. I so would have pick the puzzle on the wall rather than learning the breakdance. I would have been there all night with the dance. 😆 But I did keep yelling the answer with the first team trying to solve it. I have to agree the last task was hard and agree making sure you oriented yourself correctly was really important.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 4, 2024 3:39:19 GMT
She was trying to get into a barricaded door through a broken window. How is that any different than any other unarmed people who have been killed by police where some Republicans/Maga supporters say, preach and scream over and over that all would have been fine if they would have only complied with law enforcement. So while she may have been “unarmed” she was certainly doing more than just standing or walking in the streets protesting. While it totally saddens me that someone lost their life she probably should have complied with what the Capital Police were telling her to do (by barricading the door) and not try an enter through a broken window. Did I get the information wrong? Let me know as I don’t want to be lying. Where did you see me say otherwise? Well glad to know that we agree and that I was not lying. However, even though you did not “say otherwise” I have to question what the intent of the UNARMED protester comment then was…she may have been unarmed and may have been protesting, but that was not why she ended up dying. She ended up dying because she was trying to BREAK into a LOCK and BARRICADED room. So maybe that you are not LYING you should have said that the only blood spilled was from someone trying to break and enter into a locked room.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 4, 2024 0:55:37 GMT
She was trying to get into a barricaded door through a broken window. How is that any different than any other unarmed people who have been killed by police where some Republicans/Maga supporters say, preach and scream over and over that all would have been fine if they would have only complied with law enforcement. So while she may have been “unarmed” she was certainly doing more than just standing or walking in the streets protesting. While it totally saddens me that someone lost their life she probably should have complied with what the Capital Police were telling her to do (by barricading the door) and not try an enter through a broken window. Did I get the information wrong? Let me know as I don’t want to be lying.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 3, 2024 2:37:36 GMT
I went back and looked at my history because I was pretty sure I had asked about the autoimmune encephalitis and heatherx had responded about PANS/PANDA…but it was back in 2016 so I am not sure if she is still here and/or active. You could try reaching out to her. It was the only response I got back then.
This was her response:
I'm headed out for the night so I cant' respond until tomorrow, but generally IVIG is a treatment for PANDAS or PANS. The code doctors use to get treatment covered for these disorders is autoimmune encephalitis. What are the symptoms? Was it caused by strep? My daughter has been treated for this for over a year now and I know there are other peas with PANDAS kids or who have heard of it.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 3, 2024 0:46:31 GMT
I have not but that was a possible diagnosis for my nephew about 5 or 6 years ago. They ended up diagnosing him with autoimmune encephalitis. He did a long span of IVIG treatments and has been fine since. So I can’t help you with the any questions about PANS but I just wanted to send my heartfelt sympathy for what your son and family are going through. I wish you all the best with a diagnose and treatment.
ETA - I think the IVIG treatments are sometimes used with PANS.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 3, 2024 0:30:22 GMT
I am not sure if our path has changed but my town is still in 100% totality path and we are in totality for 3 minutes and 14 seconds the last I saw.
I was so sure that we would have clouds or storms as that is our normal April weather. We are going to have a major snow storm tomorrow night until Friday and maybe a bit into Saturday (6 inches to feet depending where you are) but things are suppose to clear by Sunday and Monday is supposed to be nice/sunny and in the 50s maybe. Hoping the forecast for Monday stays nice. 🤞. I hope everyone in the path gets prime viewing.
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