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Jmm
Member
08-16-2002
| Monday, March 01, 2004 - 9:39 pm
Fanny, Congratulations on your new piano, it sounds wonderful. I don't know if this will help or not but Ruiner suggested citrus furniture polish for our dining room table. My cats hate it and stay far away.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, March 01, 2004 - 11:27 pm
my mom has a beautiful grand piano that has moved from los gatos, to san francisco, to chicago, to san rafael. we got it in 1964 after our house burned down--taking up in flames with it a really old and beautiful concert grand piano and 2 stradivarius violins that my mom had in her family for over 200 years, sigh..... anyway, her cats have all ignored the piano until christmas time. each year, she puts the top down (level) and puts cotton bunting on it, then sets up her little christmas village. and every morning, the cats are sleeping among the little houses and schools and churches... and my mom has to straighten it up. next morning, same thing. they ignore the piano all the rest of the year. now when they see her getting the holiday things out, they sit on the floor in front of the piano and wait for the village to be set up!
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Fanny
Member
09-13-2000
| Monday, March 01, 2004 - 11:33 pm
Right now I'm tired as hell. I drug a sofa up a flight of stairs all by myself and did not gouge any walls}, moved everything else into a corner, jury-rigged a 6-foot tall trellis ... thing ... to block off my entry from the living room and drug a spare door up from the basement to block off my kitchen from the dining room & living room. And started my period. Landi, come on out! The last time I took lessons was a few years back, and my instructor had an Imperial Bosendorfer, one of the most awesome pianos ever, which intimidated the hell out of me cause it was SO loud. I focused most of my attentions on trying to quiet that thing down (which never worked). My one tune is a Schubert Impromptu (Gb major from Op. 90) and, oh, I suppose I'm working on some of the others. Chopsticks should sound pretty darned good on this one! It's a Bluthner. Jmm, thanks! I'll ask about using polish. Not sure if I can use regular stuff on this...I might have to use stuff especially formulated for satin ebony finishes...I know I've seen something on that somewhere. Little Yucky I mean Bucky does love lemon oil... This afternoon I got a call from my piano guy who, when I picked up the phone, said Hi, this is your piano man...how's that buyer's remorse coming? He might have had some experience with his previous customers. and right now my anxiety-ridden butt is going to bed.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, March 01, 2004 - 11:58 pm
FANNY!!! Awww Fanny, I'm sorry I wasn't here to help you with your anxiety over this piano nightmare. (I was out eating a gazillion calorie dessert for dinner with my sisters!) I just know once that gorgeous piano arrives and is filling up your livingroom, you'll sit at it and start running your fingers up and down the keyboard and then before you know it, you'll begin to softly play Moonlight Sonata and a sense of happiness will come from your heart as you realize the rich sound that you are creating on this awesome piano sitting in your livingroom. That's my hope and wish for you Fanny. Congratulations on fulfilling a dream. You should be proud and rightly so!
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 4:49 am
Right now, Fanny will be saying "Hello piano and Goodby Tivo" And it's all GOOD!!!! YEAH!!!!! FANNY!!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 6:27 am
Fanny, I'm so envious you have what sounds like a spectacular piano!! As for the cats, spray that Hartz cat-way stuff around the perimeter for a week or two, or spray it on some towels and lay them around the piano for awhile. They'll stay away for the most part after that. Just think of all the fun you'll have with people coming over, sitting down at your piano and dazzling you with their skills!!! Everyone loves a piano, whether they can play or not!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 7:24 am
Right now I am very sad because I just found out that a coworker lost her battle with cancer last night. She was so young-- Late 40s/early 50s. One of her children is a senior at my high school; the other is a student at UVA. My heart is breaking for the family.
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 7:30 am
{{{Hermie}}}
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 9:01 am
right now, how very sad hermione. and she was my age...
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Lucy
Member
10-08-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 11:08 am
Hermie, I'm so sorry.
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Fluff
Member
07-25-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 2:10 pm
Right now, I'm amazed at all the sneakers eastbay.com has!
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 2:41 pm
Right now I just came from my doctor's office and he told me the results of my MRI (from when I fell down the steps during the fire and hurt my neck) is that I have a few bulging and herniated discs. It just keeps getting better.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 3:03 pm
Right now I'm feeling for Hermi and her painful news (((Hermi))). Also, I just hate hearing that Ginger has herniated discs...(((Ginger))) And right now, I'm glad Fluff found an interesting site to share with us. Now my lunch break is over...back to work!
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Wargod
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 3:19 pm
Right now, {{{Hermi}}} and {{{Ginger}}} Right now, a few minutes ago, I was in the middle of some serious cleaning when I got a phone call from the school nurse telling me Kota wasn't feeling well (sore throat, slight fever) could I come pick her up. I walked in to find my baby laying on the bed feeling icky and the nurse on the phone. She had a little girl about Dakota's age standing in front of her and was looking at the yucky stuff coming out of her ear and saying, "well, I'm the school nurse, I can't stick something in her ear to see what happens!" I had to grab Dakota and run because the look on the nurses face about had me in tears, lol.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 3:21 pm
right now, fluff, my son has shopped there for years! he always found some pretty good deals. the hardest part was when they had specials and their ads (being 4th class mail) might take so long to get to us in california, everyone in the midwest had snapped up the deals! my daughter and i bought some 'cheerleading' sacouny (sp?) shoes one time, because they had different colored plastic sheets you could slip in the sides and make them into different 'saddle shoe' looking tennies. we had red, orange, black, green, gold, blue stripes we could slip in. they were fun!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 3:30 pm
{{{Hermione}}} {{{Ginger}}} and {{{scholl nurses}}} I wish I was an adult, lived in adult home, and drove a car that didnt break... Right Now I'm over my pity party, and I'm getting ready to do the scout thing!! I'm looking forward to it - I get to educate a group of parents on their sons first camp experience,,, PICTURES< I can bring pictures!! like this one (the canvas tents the boys sleep in, I bring my own dome tent with a queen size air mattress! )

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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 4:07 pm
right now, i wish i were camping!!!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 4:11 pm
I just had the oddest thing happen to me. A tele-marketer hung up on me! She said she was from Dishnet, and asked what I liked to watch on tv. I told her "Hockey". She said, "Well, is there anyone else who lives there with you?" I told her "Yes, there was and he liked to watch hockey too. In fact, we watch hockey pretty much every day of the week." ...and she hung up!!!!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 4:12 pm
right now, time to treadmill for the second time today. i had sushi for breakfast and a low-carb tabby burger for lunch...a lean burger with dill pickle slices, tomato slices, red onion slices, and a little mustard...wrapped in a large iceberg lettuce leaf! i might could have one again for dinner, it was so good! the rest of the family will get hamburger buns. that's why the double treadmilling today!
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Sage
Member
07-20-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 4:25 pm
Right now, I just got home from the Volunteer Center, doing my volunteering stint. I'm going back tomorrow and Friday to do more work. I loved it, but now I'm very tired and my arms and back hurt. sigh. ((((Hermi)))) ((((Ginger))))
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 4:57 pm
right now, marys, i know what to tell dishnet callers! my favorite way used to be to make them ask me "howya doin' today?" cause then i can tell them about how my dog woke me up when it was still dark with such a ferocious burp, i was sure there would be something tangible on the rug for me to step in, and how i don't have the money to send my kids to college, and how the truck died........... and, believe it or not, they usually hang up on me. go figger (((sage))) thumbs up on the volunteering!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 5:05 pm
Tabby, ROFLMAO!!!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 5:28 pm
{{{Hermie}} It is a shocker when it hits what we think should be an invulnerable age. Been thru that with 3 co-workers. Very tough, especially knowing she has children. Fanny, I think having a beautiful piano in your home will be a transforming experience! It is delicious that you can do this. You have one life, kiddo, and it's great that you have the courage to live it fully! Just remember what egbok's name means: Everything is going to be okay! Happy for you!

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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 5:40 pm
Right now, {{{{{Hermi}}}}} I am so sorry. I know how sad that is. I lost a good friend 2 years ago to Lung Cancer, and last week a woman of 48 years old that I worked with died suddenly - they say of "natural causes" It sort of makes you look at your own mortality. I am so sorry for your loss.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 5:41 pm
{{{Ginger}}} Right now I want to tell you that I have 2 herniated disks, too--and learned to do certain exercises that help. Do them! They WILL help. I found that taking a walk (on a flat surface) first thing in the morning always got the kinks out for me. I'd start out hobbling and stopped as I needed. By the end of the walk, I was much better. I think I also mentioned to you somewhere else that Naproxen (Rx med--muscle relaxant) helps when things get too bad.
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