Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 5:10:44 PM

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THIRST!

Tomorrow is Black Friday; Saturday is Broke Saturday.

buzzsawmonkey 11/28/2019 5:13:28 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1:

That's "Friday of Color" now...

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 5:23:51 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 2: 

Breaking a longstanding practice, we will be going out on "Friday of Color" - but because it is the only time we have to get replacement bathroom sinks. Ours have had enamel chipping off exposing rust underneath, and the faucets are hard to turn off.

buzzsawmonkey 11/28/2019 5:26:03 PM

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In #3 Kosh's Shadow said: the faucets are hard to turn off.

Just show them a picture of Hillary Clinton naked.

buzzsawmonkey 11/28/2019 5:28:03 PM

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In #3 Kosh's Shadow said: replacement bathroom sinks.

On a more serious note, if you have an architectural salvage place like "Build it Green" in New York anywhere in the vicinity, you can probably find nice vintage sinks with heavy enamel at a reasonable price.  

Hard-to-turn-off faucets are usually merely an indication that the washers in the faucets need replacing.

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 5:30:34 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 5:32:54 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 5:

These are newer faucets, and the sinks are in such bad condition (flaking porcelain) that we figure we might as well replace both.

Not an easy job, as the amateurs who installed the bathroom left little space to access the fittings to the water and drains. 

We have a handyman who is good at doing the work, but needs me as the "engineering department" to figure out what to do

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 5:35:19 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 5:

And there is no salvage place nearby. There is an industrial construction material recycling place, or used to be, but we need to make it easy for us

buzzsawmonkey 11/28/2019 5:37:56 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 6:

Never heard that song before.  I wonder if it was originally done by a woman when the Threepenny Opera was first done.

"Musical," as you rightly note, was a euphemism for being "that way" (another euphemism); one of the best uses of "musical"---and least-noticed---is when Renault, in "Casablanca," is told that the letters of transit had been concealed in Sam's piano, and he says, "Serves me right for not being musical."  But "like that," and "that way," were common euphemisms of the time also.

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 5:43:40 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 9:

I made the remark because you pointed out the euphemism of "musical" in the context of Casablanca.

And notes I read is that yes, "That's My Way" was to be sung by a woman - Polly Peachum - but was usually left out of the performances.

for those who do not know, in The Beggar's Opera, and The Threepenny Opera based on it, Macheath is a murderer and robber, and has a gang, and has married many women, but when he marries Polly Peachum, daughter of Johnathan Jeremiah Peachum, King of the Beggars, he gets the law on his behind. 

"Mack The Knife" is a decent film adaptation, with fantastic acting from Raul Julia as Mack the Knife, and Richard Harris as Peacham.

I will link a few pieces from it in later posts

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 5:48:38 PM

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buzzsawmonkey 11/28/2019 5:51:58 PM

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In #11 Kosh's Shadow said: First, let's see if anyone can figure out who is the street singer in this scene

I'm assuming, from the British accent, and the Daltrey credit, that it is in fact Roger Daltrey.

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 5:53:14 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 12:

Yes, and he does a good job of looking the part.

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 5:54:44 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 11:

And here, we see Dumbledore healing the crippled.

Oh, they were only pretending to be crippled.

revobob 11/28/2019 5:56:26 PM

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In #12 buzzsawmonkey said: I'm assuming, from the British accent, and the Daltrey credit, that it is in fact Roger Daltrey.

Who?

buzzsawmonkey 11/28/2019 5:56:42 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 13:

There's a film version of "The Beggar's Opera" which I saw many years ago, and remember little about, other than that it was pretty good.  I don't think it had the Brecht/Weill music, though.

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 5:59:27 PM

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In #16 buzzsawmonkey said: There's a film version of "The Beggar's Opera" which I saw many years ago, and remember little about, other than that it was pretty good.  I don't think it had the Brecht/Weill music, though.

I will have to look for it. 

buzzsawmonkey 11/28/2019 5:59:31 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 14:

Recall that "the Court of Miracles" in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is the place that the "crippled" beggars take off their eyepatches and put aside their crutches.

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 6:05:43 PM

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Let's all go balmy, let's join the army

We'll meet a darker race

We'll meet them face to face

Jukebox

(Polly Peacham looks too innocent to have sung That's My Way here)

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 6:18:44 PM

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Next to last link to Mack The Knife movie

Tango Ballad 

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 6:24:42 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 20:

Mack the Knife final scene

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 6:35:47 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 21:

He might be saved - but which of his wives does he take to his castle? The rest will make his life miserable.

Occasional Reader 11/28/2019 7:04:54 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 7:09:48 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 23:

As long as he doesn't walk in, sing a bar of Alice's Restaurant, and walk out....

Occasional Reader 11/28/2019 7:13:30 PM

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In #23 Occasional Reader said: off his feet

*feed

Alice in Dairyland 11/28/2019 7:33:38 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 24:   Just finished listening to the revisited version you posted this morning.  Too funny, I didn't expect that ending.  Thanks for sharing it.  Hope everyone had a great day, even with it's unexpected turns.

Kosh's Shadow 11/28/2019 7:50:01 PM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 26:

Thanks

I might just be going to bed early tonight