Oh. And a backscratcher..., everyone can use a good backscratcher. :—))))
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And- Katy— brilliant and thoughtful idea for a gift for Freddie!
And- Katy— brilliant and thoughtful idea for a gift for Freddie!
JB, don't be too impressed with my Freddie gift idea. It isn't something that just popped into my head. I got curious a long time ago about what I would give him since he could/did buy everything he wanted. But I think it was Phoebe who said he loved to be remembered with gifts too, so I started to think about it. It took me a while to come up with salt cellars. I like your idea of an art book, maybe something rare and out of print. Of course that gets expensive. I also think clothing would be fun. He wore some crazy socks! I'll bet an awful lot of gifts went up to that attic space. Did you see his interview with Montserrat where they were both given silver replicas of the Santa Maria? I think that's the right ship. As soon as I saw it I thought there's one for the attic. It was beautiful but didn't seem to be Freddie's style.
I'm sorry you had to cancel your trip to NY. What Broadway show were you going to see? I knew Broadway was dark but I never thought about musical concerts. Wow, this is going to hit so many people economically.
I think you are right about global concern and compassion. We have needed that for a long time. I have friends who are sort of gypsying their way around the world. They just left Croatia, and are now in an AirB&B in Spain. Spain just went on total lockdown. She said the same thing happening in grocery stores here is happening there too.
Amidds, LOL on the TP joke. : )
I'm sorry you had to cancel your trip to NY. What Broadway show were you going to see? I knew Broadway was dark but I never thought about musical concerts. Wow, this is going to hit so many people economically.
I think you are right about global concern and compassion. We have needed that for a long time. I have friends who are sort of gypsying their way around the world. They just left Croatia, and are now in an AirB&B in Spain. Spain just went on total lockdown. She said the same thing happening in grocery stores here is happening there too.
Amidds, LOL on the TP joke. : )
Rudi is doing another Instagram live tomorrow at 2 pm Miami time.
JB050...Sorry to hear your shows in New York were cancelled this weekend. My husband and I have tickets to see "Brit Floyd" in mid April, and that show has been cancelled as well. Can you imagine how frustrating it would have been if Queen had to cancel the Knebworth concert for something like this? What an administrative nightmare it would have been to refund all of those tickets as I'm not sure how many people paid with a credit card back then. The Queen + AL show in Paris has already been postponed. Safety is more important though, so it's makes sense to take these precautions.
Amidds...Your trip sounds wonderful. When I went to Ireland, we landed in Shannon and traveled counter-clockwise (in a rental car) over a 2-week period to the Dingle Peninsula, Ring of Kerry, over to Cahir, Avoca (Where Ballykissangel was filmed) up to Dublin, and back across to Cong and Doolin. Glad you will see the Cliffs of Moher...stunningly beautiful. We were there all day. We stayed in 10 B&B's and 1 hotel on our trip, moving to a different place almost every night. Some days we only traveled about 50 miles, but that meant we could spend a lot of time at the places we loved...which was pretty much every place we visited.
I hope I can catch a part of Rudi's Instagram Live in the coming days. Someone posted a 2 minute video of if the last time and Katydyd, you gave us a nice summary..hint hint!!!
I'm sure once Thor/Lee and Rudi's books are out, there will be plenty to discuss, whether on the book thread or on this new "all purpose" thread. Katydyd and Thereuavit both had high praise for a book they recently read entitled "The Great Believers" by Rebecca Makkai. It's primarily set in 1980's Chicago and is about a group of friends and acquaintances and how they are impacted by the AIDS crisis. It's quite engrossing.
Amidds...Your trip sounds wonderful. When I went to Ireland, we landed in Shannon and traveled counter-clockwise (in a rental car) over a 2-week period to the Dingle Peninsula, Ring of Kerry, over to Cahir, Avoca (Where Ballykissangel was filmed) up to Dublin, and back across to Cong and Doolin. Glad you will see the Cliffs of Moher...stunningly beautiful. We were there all day. We stayed in 10 B&B's and 1 hotel on our trip, moving to a different place almost every night. Some days we only traveled about 50 miles, but that meant we could spend a lot of time at the places we loved...which was pretty much every place we visited.
I hope I can catch a part of Rudi's Instagram Live in the coming days. Someone posted a 2 minute video of if the last time and Katydyd, you gave us a nice summary..hint hint!!!
I'm sure once Thor/Lee and Rudi's books are out, there will be plenty to discuss, whether on the book thread or on this new "all purpose" thread. Katydyd and Thereuavit both had high praise for a book they recently read entitled "The Great Believers" by Rebecca Makkai. It's primarily set in 1980's Chicago and is about a group of friends and acquaintances and how they are impacted by the AIDS crisis. It's quite engrossing.
Rainbow, I didnt mean my statement to be a pissing contest all I was stating was my opinion on generosity and the fact I actually worked in sales and financing since I was 19 years old that includes marketing.If you have a new product you dont in my opinion want to give information for free if your trying to get your product out thete.There would be no need to by it if you give it away for nothing.Afyer you see a reasonable profit yes ofcourse .As far as discussing Rudis book on the same thread as they would their own I dont know about that one that doesnt make sense either .But these are only my opinions of course not to be taking personal.Regardless of how how some feel not everyone is head over heals for Rudis book I have no feeling about his book rather than Peter's collaborations with him and I wont discuss that one to each their own.
Rainbow, I didnt mean my statement to be a pissing contest all I was stating was my opinion on generosity and the fact I actually worked in sales and financing since I was 19 years old that includes marketing.If you have a new product you dont in my opinion want to give information for free if your trying to get your product out thete.There would be no need to by it if you give it away for nothing.Afyer you see a reasonable profit yes ofcourse .As far as discussing Rudis book on the same thread as they would their own I dont know about that one that doesnt make sense either .But these are only my opinions of course not to be taking personal.Regardless of how how some feel not everyone is head over heals for Rudis book I have no feeling about his book rather than Peter's collaborations with him and I wont discuss that one to each their own.
Rainbow I'm going to try to remember to catch Rudi's Live chat and if I do I'll give a quick summary. I'm going to be kind of busy today so it may not be something I remember in time. LOL, maybe I can have Alexa remind me.
Wanted to post about Rudi’s live today at 11:00 (LA time), looks like you all may be on top of it! I will prob miss it but will see if he keeps it in his feed.
Rainbow, your trip sounds a lot like mine except in reverse :). Now, unfortunately, looks like it may be cancelled. However, I follow an Ireland Travel on IG and they were showing pics of People swarming Temple Bar prob in some kind of protest of social distancing. That just tells me that the chances of us getting Corona and being quarantined skyrocketed! Not to mention that all tourist locations have now closed. The nurses in my group REALLY can’t be off work for a trip and quarantine time cause they will be needed. I know I sound selfish but I’m really bummed and am hoping our Paris/Montreux trip isn’t affected in September (all the crying emojis!)
Oh, and add my high praise for The Great Pretenders...couldn’t put it down!
Rainbow, your trip sounds a lot like mine except in reverse :). Now, unfortunately, looks like it may be cancelled. However, I follow an Ireland Travel on IG and they were showing pics of People swarming Temple Bar prob in some kind of protest of social distancing. That just tells me that the chances of us getting Corona and being quarantined skyrocketed! Not to mention that all tourist locations have now closed. The nurses in my group REALLY can’t be off work for a trip and quarantine time cause they will be needed. I know I sound selfish but I’m really bummed and am hoping our Paris/Montreux trip isn’t affected in September (all the crying emojis!)
Oh, and add my high praise for The Great Pretenders...couldn’t put it down!
Amidds, lol-- 'The Great Believers', but I've also said the same on several occasions--it's a Freddie thing. :) Glad that all who've read it, loved it. I'm encouraging my 25 year-old to read it, but he hasn't--yet.
OMG was that a Freudian slip or what?!?! You can tell what I think about most days!
Amidds....too funny about the sneezing comment! Lol....I do hope your trip to Ireland works out because, well, it means the CV is contained. The 2 countries I’m most drawn to visiting are Ireland and Austria. I love the ancient mysticism of Ireland. While I was the state of Galicia in northern Spain, ( Galicia means Gaelic) you could definitely see the ancient Gaelic- Irish influences with their modified bag pipes they play in that region of north western Spain, also their folkloric dance and costume.
Katydy.....interesting, I had never heard of a salt cellar, they are beautiful and pristine.
I love going through antique markets, but not for collecting so much , but for the wonderful childhood memories it gives me when I recognize something from childhood.
Katydy.....interesting, I had never heard of a salt cellar, they are beautiful and pristine.
I love going through antique markets, but not for collecting so much , but for the wonderful childhood memories it gives me when I recognize something from childhood.
Listened to Rudi. No big deal. He's not so good at Live. He's all over the place in conversation, sometimes reading from a prepared list of questions, other times reading right off the screen. Part of the time today he spoke in German. He also did a lot of walking around his office which was hard to follow because of the motion of the camera. He says he's going to do this weekly for half an hour at a time, so I'm hoping he gets better with practice.
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Listened to Rudi ... I'm hoping he gets better with practice.
Judging by the documentaries they made about Queen, don't count on it.