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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #405 on: May 08, 2008, 11:12:51 PM »
Okey dokey.  I'm getting the last word in tonight... maybe. 

ECG, I must be soooo darn tired but what LA house are u asking me about?  And what the hell are u doing with a sump pump?  It's not like we're living on the Delaware.  Have you actually needed one here?
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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #406 on: May 08, 2008, 11:28:01 PM »
It was the LA (Louis Armstrong) house in Corona.  She thought it was you who went, but I'm the one who posted about it.  All I can say is not only was that guy a great musician, he also had very cool taste in kitchen design.  '70s turquoise laquered wood cabinets, custom made stove, a sub-zero fridge, and a paper towel holder that disappears into the wall. ..

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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #407 on: May 09, 2008, 05:43:33 AM »
Good Morning. Have a nice rainy day.
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« Reply #408 on: May 09, 2008, 09:02:29 PM »
Did have a rainy day...not so nice >:(, but my plants are as happy as can be! :)
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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #409 on: May 09, 2008, 11:44:47 PM »
Apologies to all. Yes, the Louis Armstrong house. I loved the kitchen and all the wallpaper.

Sump pump - well, many years ago, shortly after Thanksgiving, my son and I were awoken by a geyser of water shooting up out of the kitchen sink! It was raining out and whatever the problem with the building's aging water lines and downspouts had caused a mini Old Faithful.

After hours of bailing, disinfecting, etc. We blocked the drain, put a heavy kettle with rocks in it over the drain and had the plumber come.

The son is a very cautious person and went out and purchased a sump pump in case it happened again. It hasn't, but there are very strange sounds from that sink still.

It was an awful experience and we still had to go to work in the morning. Ugh.


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« Reply #410 on: May 10, 2008, 05:34:38 AM »
My Mom and (Aunt) Lucy, (Uncle) Satchmo's wife, had a weekly poker game that rotated from house to house. Although I was only around 7 and my sister around 10, I vividly remember the night my Dad was out of town and Mom took us to the game at their house. (Uncle) Satchmo played games with us and then he and 2 of his friends took us out for dinner to a restaurant on either Northern or Queens Boulevard for fried chicken and French fries. (I wish I could remember the name of the place.) I didn't realize the significance of this until many, many years later when I heard him retell the story at my wedding about how 3 black men took 2 little, red-haired, white girls out for fried chicken at a family-style restaurant and how they were at first unwilling to seat us until they realized who he was. Whenever that poker game was at our house, Aunt Lucy always brought my sister and me a board game to keep us busy so the cussing-related game could be played without interruption.

The Armstrongs will always have a very special place in my heart for the kindnesses and love they shared with us. My darling Aunt Lucy especially, for all those forbidden words we learned on Tuesday nights.
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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #411 on: May 10, 2008, 05:01:03 PM »
Oh, Mac, what a NICE story! Thank you for sharing it.

I didn't know the Armstrongs at all, but once held the door for Mrs. A when she was going into Clark's. Later my mom told me who she was. I was really thrilled.

One of the goals of my life is to be as wonderful as those 'grown ups' I admired as a child. It's so hard to tell if you are making any kind of positive difference in this era and I'm pretty discouraged right now.

I am friends with the grand daughter of my 'Auntie Mame'. This woman would let me stay over at her house when my uncle and 4 horrible cousins* would come to stay, she took me to the theater and out to posh restaurants, and was one of the wittiest people I've ever known.

Fortunately the grand daughter has inherited the wit, and I am thrilled that, even though I'm 20 years older than she, we are equals and friends.

Great First Words of the Day, Mac!


*once they grew up, they were okay.


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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #412 on: May 10, 2008, 10:00:33 PM »
I wanna be Auntie Mame!
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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #413 on: May 11, 2008, 01:13:03 PM »
Okay.

BUDDY is AUNTIE MAME.

I want to be Mrs. George Clooney!
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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #414 on: May 11, 2008, 04:09:40 PM »
not fair.  I didn't know all my options.
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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #415 on: May 11, 2008, 05:02:47 PM »
Dear Auntie Mame,

Like they say in the old country: tough tooties. Next time you'll know to ask pertinent and relevant questions.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. George Clooney
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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #416 on: May 11, 2008, 07:47:04 PM »
Here come's the bride.
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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #417 on: May 11, 2008, 10:25:23 PM »
I don't know what I want!

Is this the correct thread for this conversation?
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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #418 on: May 11, 2008, 10:38:40 PM »
Gee, I'm not really sure. Perhaps you should ask Auntie Mame.
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Re: The Last Word!
« Reply #419 on: May 12, 2008, 12:55:19 PM »
The original one? Roz Russell is in the same place, I hope, that my personal one is.

Our 'virtual' Mame? Dunno 'bout that.

Where's Yoda?
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